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THE  STORY  OF  THE   PASSION  AND 
RESURRECTION  OF  JESUS 


IN  THE  WORDS  OF  THE  FOUR  GOSPELS 

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PREPARED   BY 

WILLIAM  E.  BARTON,  THEODORE  G.  SCARES 
SYDNEY  STRONG 


HOPE   PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

228  Wabash  Avenue  27  East  22ND  Street 

CHICAGO  NEW  YORK 


PREFACE. 

ONE    HUNDREDTH    THOUSAND. 

The  evangelists  have  devoted  one-third  of  the  Gospel 
record  to  our  Lord's  Passion  and  Resurrection.  A  com- 
parison of  the  four  narratives  clearly  indicates  the  order 
of  events  upon  the  several  days  of  the  Holy  Week. 
The  devotional  reading  of  the  story  is  a  most  natural  and 
helpful  observance  of  the  Easter  season.  As  an  aid  to 
such  observance  this  booklet  has  been  prepared.  It  is  the 
story,  day  by  day,  of  the  last  week  in  our  Lord's  earthly 
life  in  the  words  of  the  four  evangelists,  containing  all 
that  they  record,  but  without  repetition.  Messrs.  Thomas 
Nelson  and  Sons  have  generously  co-operated  in  permit- 
ting the  use  of  the  best  translation. 

Originally  planned  for  the  churches  of  all  denomina- 
tions in  a  single  community,  the  booklet  has  proved  a 
blessing  to  many  thousands  of  Christians.  May  this  new 
edition  help  in  the  fulfillment  of  the  great  purpose  which 
the  Gospel  epilogue  expresses. 


COPYRIGHT,  1905,  BY  THE  OAK  PARK  PASTORS*  UNION. 
THE  TEXT  OF  THE  AMERICAN  STANDARD  RKVISED  BIBLE," 
COPYRIGHT  1901,  BY  THOMAS  NELSON  AND  SONS,  IS  USED 
BY    SPECIAL    ARRANGEMENT    AND    WITH  THEIR    PERMISSION. 


HIS  LAST  WEEK 


GOING  UP  TO  JERUSALEM. 


And  it  came  to  pass  when  the  days  were  well  nigh 
come  that  Jesus  should  be  received  up,  he  stedfastly  set 
his  face  to  go  to  Jerusalem.  And  he  departed  from  Gali- 
lee, and  passed  through  the  borders  of  Samaria  and 
Galilee,  and  came  into  the  borders  of  Judaea  beyond  the 
Jordan,  And  great  multitudes  followed  him,  and  he 
healed  them  there. 

And  they  were  on  the  way,  going  up  to  Jerusalem ; 
and  Jesus  was  going  before  them :  and  they  were  amazed ; 
and  they  that  followed  were  afraid. 

And  he  took  again  the  twelve,  and  began  to  tell  them 
the  things  that  were  to  happen  unto  them,  saying,  "Be- 
hold, we  go  up  to  Jerusalem ;  and  the  Son  of  man  shall 
be  delivered  unto  the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes ;  and 
they  shall  condemn  him  to  death,  and  shall  deliver  him 
unto  the  Gentiles;  and  they  shall  mock  him,  and  shall 
spit  upon  him,  and  shall  scourge  him,  and  shall  kill  him ; 
and  after  three   days  he   shall  rise  again," 

Thomas  therefore,  who  is  called  Didymus,  said  unto 
his  fellow-disciples,  "Let  us  also  go,  that  we  may  die 
with    him." 

And  he  entered  and  passed  through  Jericho  and  went 
on  before,  joing  up  to  Jerusalem. 

Now  the  passover  of  the  Jews  was  at  hand:  and  many 
went  up  to  Jerusalem  out  of  the  country  before  the  pass- 
over,  to  purify  themselves.  They  SQUght  therefore  for 
Jesus,  and  spake  one  with  another,  as  they  stood  in  the 
temple,  "What  think  ye?  That  he  will  not  come  to  the 
feast?" 

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4  GOING     UP     TO     JERUSALEM 

Now  the  chief  priests  and  the  Pharisees  had  given 
commandment,  that,  if  any  man  knew  where  he  was,  he 
should  show  it,  that  they  might  take  him. 

The   Feast   at   Bethany. 

Jesus  therefore  six  days  before  the  passover  came  to 
Bethany,  where  Lazarus  was,  whom  Jesus  raised  from 
the  dead.  So  they  made  him  a  supper  there  in  the  house 
of  Simon  the  leper ;  and  Martha  served :  but  Lazarus 
was  one  of  them  that  sat  at  meat  with  him.  Mary 
therefore  took  a  pound  of  ointment  of  pure  nard,  very 
precious,  and  anointed  the  feet  of  Jesus,  and  wiped  his 
feet  with  her  hair;  and  the  house  was  filled  with  the 
odor  of  the  ointment. 

But  Judas  Iscariot,  one  of  his  disciples,  that  should 
betray  him,  saith,  "Why  was  not  this  ointment  sold  for 
three  hundred   shillings,   and  given  to  the  poor?" 

Now  this  he  said,  not  because  he  cared  for  the  poor ; 
but  because  he  was  a  thief,  and  having  the  bag  took 
away  what  was  put  therein, 

Jesus  therefore  said,  "Suffer  her  to  keep  it  against  the 
day  of  my  br.rying.  For  the  poor  ye  have  always  with 
you ;  but  me  ye  have  not  always.  She  hath  done  what 
she  could ;  she  hath  anointed  my  body  beforehand  for 
the  burying.  And  verily  I  say  unto  you.  Wheresoever 
the  gospel  shall  be  preached  throughout  the  whole  world, 
that  also  which  this  woman  hath  done  shall  be  spoken 
of  for  a  memorial  of  her." 

The  common  people  therefore  of  the  Jews  learned  that 
he  was  there :  and  they  came,  not  for  Jesus'  sake  only, 
but  that  they  mi*ht  see  Lazarus  also,  whom  he  had 
raised  from  the  dead.  But  the  chief  priests  took  counsel 
that  they  might  put  Lazarus  also  to  death;  because  that 
by  reason  of  him  many  of  the  Jews  went  away,  and 
believed  on  Jesus. 


PALM    SUNDAY— THE   DAY   OF   TRIUMPH. 
The  Triumphal   Entry. 

On  the  morrow  when  they  drew  nigh  unto  Jerusalem, 
unto  Bethphage  and  Bethany,  at  the  mount  of  Olives,  he 
sendeth  two  of  his  disciples,  and  saith  unto  them,  "Go 
your  way  into  the  village  that  is  over  against  you:  and 
straightway  as  ye  enter  into  it,  ye  shall  find  a  colt  tied, 
whereon  no  m.an  ever  yet  sat ;  loose  him,  and  bring  him. 
And  if  any  one  say  unto  you,  'Why  do  ye  this?'  say  ye, 
*The  Lord  hath  need  of  him ;  and  straightway  he  will 
send   him  bac.v   hither.'  " 

Now  this  is  come  to  pass,  that  It  might  be  fulfilled, 
which  was  spoken  through  the  prophet,  saying, 

"Tell  ye  the  daughter  of  Zion, 
Behold,  thy  King  cometli  unto  thee. 
Meek,  and  riding  upon  an  ass, 
And  upon  a  colt  the  foal  of  an  ass." 
And   they   went    away,    and    found    a    colt    tied    at    the 
door    without    in   the   open    street :     and    they    loose    him. 
And    certain   of   them    that   stood   there    said    unto   them, 
"What    do   ye,    loosing   the    colt?"     And   they    said    unto 
them    even    as   Jesus    had    said :     and    they    let   them    go. 
And  they  bring  the  colt  unto  Jesus,  and  cast  on  him  their 
garments ;     and   he  sat  upon  him. 

And  the  most  part  of  the  multitude  spread  their  gar- 
ments upon  the  way ;  and  others  branches,  which 
they  had  cut  from  the  fields.  And  as  he  was  drawing 
nigh,  even  at  the  descent  of  the  Mount  of  Olives,  the 
v/hole  multitude  of  the  disciples  began  to  rejoice  and 
praise  God  with  a  loud  voice  for  all  the  mighty  works 
which  they  had  seen.  And  they  that  went  before,  and 
they  that  followed,  cried,  "Hosanna  to  the  Son  of  David; 
Blessed    is    he    that    cometh    in    the    name    of    the    Lord; 

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5  PALM    SUNDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    TRIUMPH 

Blessed  is  the  kingdom  that  cometh,  the  kingdom  of 
our   father  David :    Hosanna  in  the  highest." 

These  things  understood  not  his  disciples  at  the  first : 
but  when  Jesus  was  glorified,  then  remembered  they  that 
these  things  were  written  of  him,  and  that  they  had 
done  these  things  unto  him. 

The  multitude,  therefore,  that  was  with  him  when  he 
called  Lazarus  out  of  the  tomb,  and  raised  him  from 
the  dead,  bare  witness.  For  this  cause  also  the  multi- 
tude went  and  met  him,  for  that  they  heard  that  he  had 
done  this  sign. 

And  some  of  the  Pharisees  from  the  multitude  said 
unto  him,  "Teacher,   rebuke  thy  disciples." 

And  he  answered  and  said,  "I  tell  you  that,  if  these 
shall  hold  their  peace,  the  stones  will  cry  out." 

And  when  he  drew  nigh,  he  saw  the  city  and  wept 
over  it,  saying,  "If  thou  hadst  known  in  this  day,  even 
thou,  the  things  which  belong  unto  peace !  but  now 
they  are  hid  from  thine  eyes.  For  the  days  shall  come 
upon  thee,  when  thine  enemies  shall  cast  up  a  bank 
about  thee,  and  compass  thee  round,  and  keep  thee  in  on 
every  side,  and  shall  dash  thee  to  the  ground,  and  thy 
children  within  thee ;  and  they  shall  not  leave  in  thee 
one  stone  upon  another;  because  thou  knewest  not  the 
time  of  thy  visitation." 

And  when  he  was  come  into  Jerusalem,  all  the  city 
was  stirred,  saying,  "Who  is  this?" 

And  the  multitude  said,  "This  is  the  prophet,  Jesus, 
from  Nazareth  of  Galilee." 

The  Pharisees  therefore  said  among  themselves,  "Be- 
hold, how  ye  prevail  nothing;  lo,  the  world  is  gone 
after  him." 

And  he  entered  into  Jerusalem,  into  the  temple;  and 
when  he  had  looked  round  about  upon  all  things,  it  being 
now  eventide,  he  went  out  unto   Bethany  with  the  twelve. 


MONDAY— THE   DAY   OF   AUTHORITY. 
The   Cursing  of  the   Fig   Tree. 

And  oil  the  morrow,  when  they  were  come  out  from 
Bethany,  he  hungered.  And  seeing  a  fig  tree  afar  off 
having  leaves,  he  came,  if  haply  he  might  find  anything 
thereon :  and  when  he  came  to  it,  he  found  nothing  but 
leaves ;  for  it  was  not  the  season  of  figs.  And  he  an- 
swered and  said  unto  it,  "No  man  eat  fruit  from  thee 
henceforward  for  ever." 

And  his  disciples  heard  it. 

The    Cleansing  of   the   Temple. 

And  they  come  to  Jerusalem :  and  he  entered  into  the 
temple,  and  began  to  cast  out  them  that  sold  and  them 
that  bought  in  the  temple,  and  overthrew  the  tables  of 
the  money-changers,  and  the  seats  of  them  that  sold  the 
doves :  and  he  would  not  suffer  that  any  man  should 
carry  a  vessel  through  the  temple.  And  he  taught,  and 
said  unto  them,  "Is  it  not  written,  'My  house  shall  be 
called  a  house  of  prayer  for  all  the  nations'?  but  ye 
have  made   it  a  den  of  robbers." 

And  the  blind  and  the  lame  came  to  him  in  the  temple ; 
and  he  healed  them.  But  when  the  chief  priests  and 
the  scribes  saw  the  wonderful  things  that  he  did,  and 
the  children  that  were  crying  in  the  temple  and  saying, 
"Hosanna  to  the  son  of  David"  :  they  were  moved  with 
indignation,  and  said  unto  him,  "Hearest  thou  what 
these  are  saying?" 

And  Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "Yea :  did  ye  never  read, 
'Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes  and  sucklings  thou  hast 
perfected   praise'  ?" 

And  the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes  and  the  principal 
men  of  the  people  sought  to  destroy  him :  and  they 
could  not  find  what  they  might  do ;  for  the  people  all 
hung  upon  him,  listening. 

And  he  left  them,  and  went  forth  out  of  the  city  to 
"ethany,  and  lodged  there. 

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TUESDAY— THE    DAY   OF    CONTROVERSY. 
The  Lesson   from   the   Withered   Fig  Tree. 

And  as  they  passed  by  in  the  morning,  they  saw  the 
fig  tree  withered  away  from  the  roots.  And  Peter  call- 
ing to  remembrance  saith  unto  him,  "Rabbi,  behold  the 
fig  tree   which  thou  cursedst   is   withered  away." 

And  Jesus  answering  saith  unto  them,  "Have  faith  in 
God.  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  Whosoever  shall  say  unto 
this  mountain,  'Be  thou  taken  up  and  cast  into  the  sea' ; 
and  shall  not  doubt  in  his  heart,  but  shall  believe  that 
what  he  saith  cometh  to  pass ;  he  shall  have  it.  There- 
fore I  say  unto  you,  .All  things  whatsoever  ye  pray  and 
ask  for,  believe  that  ye  receive  them,  and  ye  shall  have 
them.  And  whensoever  ye  stand  praying,  forgive,  if  ye 
have  aught  against  any  one ;  that  your  Father  also  who 
is  in  heaven  may  forgive  you  your  trespasses." 

The   Challenge  of   Christ's   Authority. 

And  they  came  again  to  Jerusalem.  And  all  the  people 
came  early  in  the  morning  to  him  in  the  temple  to  hear 
him.  And  as  he  was  teaching  the  people  in  the  temple, 
and  preaching  the  gospel,  there  came  upon  him  the  chief 
priests  and  the  scribes  with  the  elders ;  and  they  spake, 
saying  unto  him,  "Tell  us :  By  what  authority  doest  thou 
these  things?  or  who  is  he  that  gave  thee  this  authority?" 

And  Jesus  answered,  and  said  unto  them,  "I  also  will 
ask  you  one  question,  which  if  ye  tell  me,  I  likewise  will 
tell  you  by  what  authority  I  do  these  things.  The  bap- 
tism of  John,  whence  was  it?  from  heaven  or  from 
men  ?" 

And  they  reasoned  with  themselves,  saying,  "If  we 
shall  say,  'From  heaven' ;  he  will  say  unto  us.  'Why  did 
ye  not  believe  him?'     But  if  we  shall  say,   'From  men'; 

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THE    TWO     SONS  9 

all  the  people  will  stone  us :    for  they  are  persuaded  that 

John   was   a  prophet." 

And  they  answered  Jesus,  and  said,  "We  know  not." 
And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  "Neither  tell  I  you  by  what 

authority  I  do  these  things." 

The  Two  Sons. 

"But  what  think  ye?  A  man  had  two  sons;  and  he 
came  to  the  first,  and  said,  'Son,  go  work  to-day  in  the 
vineyard.'  And  he  answered  and  said,  T  will  not' :  but 
afterward  he  repented  himself,  and  went.  And  he  came 
to  the  second,  and  said  likewise.  And  he  answered  and 
said,  T  go,  sir' :  and  went  not.  Which  of  the  two  did 
the   will   of  his   father?" 

They  say,  "The  first." 

Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "Verily  I  say  unto  you,  that  the 
publicans  and  the  harlots  go  into  the  kingdom  of  God 
before  you.  For  John  came  unto  you  in  the  way  of 
righteousness,  and  ye  believed  him  not;  but  the  publicans 
and  the  harlots  believed  him ;  and  ye,  when  ye  saw  it, 
did  not  even  repent  yourselves  afterward  that  ye  might 
believe  him." 

The  Wicked  Husbandmen. 

"Hear  another  parable :  There  was  a  man  who  was 
a  householder,  who  planted  a  vineyard,  and  set  a  hedge 
about  it,  and  digged  a  winepress  in  it,  and  built  a  tower, 
and  let  it  out  to  husbandmen,  and  \%ent  into  another 
country.  And  when  the  season  of  the  fruits  drew  near, 
he  sent  his  servants  to  the  husbandmen  to  receive  his 
fruits.  And  the  husbandmen  took  his  servants,  and  beat 
one,  and  killed  another,  and  stoned  another.  Again,  he 
sent  other  servants  more, than  the  first;  and  they  did 
unto  them  in  like  manner.  But  afterward  he  sent  unto 
them  his  s.n,  saying,  'They  will  reverence  my  son.'     But 


XO  TUESDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    CONTROVERSY 

the  husbandmen,  when  they  saw  the  son,  said  among 
themselves,  'This  is  the  heir;  come,  let  us  kill  him,  and 
take  his  inheritance.'  And  they  took  him,  and  cast  him 
forth  out  of  the  vmeyard,  and  killed  him.  When  there- 
fore the  lord  of  the  vineyard  shall  come,  what  will  he 
do    unto  those  husbandmen?" 

They  say  unto  him,  "He  will  miserably  destroy  those 
miserable  men,  and  will  let  out  the  vineyard  unto  other 
husbandmen,  who  shall  render  him  the  fruits  in  their 
seasons." 

Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "Did  ye  never  read  in  the 
scriptures, 

'The  stone  which  the  builders  rejected. 

The  same  was  made  the  head  of  the  corner; 

This  was  from  the  Lord, 

And   it  is  marvellous  in  our  eyes'? 

Therefore  say  I  unto  you,  The  kingdom  of  God  shall 
be  taken  away  from  you,  and  shall  be  given  to  a  nation 
bringing  forth  the  fruits  thereof.  And  he  that  falleth  on 
this  stone  shall  be  broken  to  pieces ;  but  on  whomsoever 
it   shall   fall,   it  wnll  scatter  him  as  dust." 

And  when  the  chief  priests  and  the  Pharisees  heard  his 
parables,  they  perceived  that  he  spake  of  them.  And 
when  they  sought  to  lay  hold  on  him,  they  feared'  the 
multitudes,  because  they  took  him   for  a  prophet. 

The  Marriage  of  the  King's  Son. 

And  Jesus  answered  and  spake  again  in  parables  unto 
them,  saying,  "The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  likened  unto 
a  certain  king,  who  made  a  marriage  feast  for  liis  son, 
and  sent  forth  his  servants  to  call  them  that  were  bid- 
den to  the  marriage  feast :  and  they  would  not  come. 
Again  he  sent  forth  other  servants,  saying,  Tell  them 
that  are  bidden,  'Behold,  I  have  made  ready  my  dinner; 
my  oxen  and  my   fatlings  are  killed,  and  all  things  are 


TRIBUTE   TO   CAESAR  H 

ready;  come  to  the  marriage  feast.'  But  they  made 
light  of  it,  and  went  their  ways,  one  to  his  own  farm, 
another  to  his  merchandise;  and.  the  rest  laid  hold  on 
his  servants,  and  treated  them  shamefully,  and  killed 
them.  But  the  king  was  wroth ;  and  he  sent  his  armies, 
and  destroyed  those  murderers,  and  burned  their  city. 
Then  saith  he  to  his  servants,  'The  wedding  is  ready, 
but  they  that  were  bidden  were  not  worthy.  Go  ye 
therefore  unto  the  partings  of  the  highways,  and  as 
m.any  as  ye  shall  find,  bid  to  the  marriage  feast.'  And 
those  servants  went  out  into  the  highways,  and  gath- 
ered together  all  as  many  as  they  found,  both  bad  and 
good ;  and  the  wedding  was  filled  with  guests.  But 
when  the  king  came  in  to  behold  the  guests,  he  saw 
there  a  man  who  had  not  on  a  wedding-garment :  and  he 
saith  unto  him,  'Friend,  how  camest  thou  in  hither  not 
having  a  wedding-garment?'  And  he  was  speechless. 
Then  the  king  said  to  the  servants,  'Bind  him  hand  and 
foot  and  cast  him  aut  into  the  outer  darkness' ;  there 
shall  be  the  weeping  and  the  gnashing  of  teeth.  For 
many  are  called,  but  few  chosen." 

Tribute  to  Caesar. 

Then  went  the  Pharisees,  and  took  counsel  how  they 
might  ensnare  him  in  his  talk  so  as  to  deliver  him  up 
to  the  rule  and  to  the  authority  of  the  governor.  And 
they  send  to  him  their  disciples,  with  the  Herodians, 
saying,  "Teacher,  we  know  that  thou  art  true,  and  teach- 
<:st  the  way  of  God  in  truth,  and  carest  not  for  any  one : 
for  thou  regardest  not  the  person  of  men.  Tell  us  there- 
fore, What  thinkest  thou?  Is  it  lawful  to  give  tribute 
unto   Caesar,  or  not?" 

But  Jesus  perceived  their  craftiness,  and  said,  "Why 
make  ye  trial  of  me,  ye  hypocrites?  Show  me  the  tribute 
money." 


12  TUESDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    CONTROVERSY 

And  they  brought  unto  him  a  denarius.  And  he  saith 
unto  them,  "Whose  is  this  image  and  superscription?" 

They   say   unto   him,   "Caesar's." 

Then  he  saith  unto  them,  "Render  therefore  unto  Caesar 
the  things  that  are  Caesar's;  and  unto  God  the  things 
that  are  God's." 

And  when  they  heard  it,  they  marvelled,  and  left  him, 
and   went   away. 

The  Question  of  the  Resurrection. 

And  there  came  to  him  certain  of  the  Sadducees,  they 
that  say  that  there  is  no  resurrection;  and  they  asked 
him,  saying,  "Teacher,  Moses  wrote  unto  us,  that  if  a 
man's  brother  die,  having  a  wife,  and  he  be  childless,  his 
brother  should  take  the  wife,  and  raise  up  seed  unto  his 
brother.  There  were  therefore  seven  brethren :  and  the 
iirst  took  a  wife,  and  died  childless ;  and  the  second ; 
and  the  third  took  her;  and  likewise  the  seven  also  left 
110  children,  and  died.  Afterward  the  woman  also  died. 
In  the  resurrection  therefore  whose  wife  of  them  shall 
she  be?  for  the  seven  had  her  to  wife." 

And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  "The  sons  of  this  world 
marry,  and  are  given  in  marriage :  but  they  that  are 
jjccounted  worthy  to  attain  to  that  world,  and  the  resur- 
rection from  the  dead,  neither  marry,  nor  are  given  in 
marriage :  for  neither  can  they  die  any  more :  for  they 
are  equal  unto  the  angels ;  and  are  sons  of  God,  being 
sons  of  the  resurrection.  But  that  the  dead  are  raised, 
^'ven  Moses  showed,  in  the  place  concerning  the  Bush, 
"when  he  calleth  the  Lord  the  God  of  Abraham,  and  the 
God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of  Jacob.  Now  he  is  not  the 
God  of  the  dead,  but  of  the  living:  for  all  live  unto 
him." 

And  when  the  multitudes  heard  it,  they  were  aston- 
ished at  his  teaching. 


the   greatest   commandment  13 

The  Greatest  Commandment. 

And  one  of  the  scribes  came,  and  heard  them  ques- 
tioning together,  and  knowing  that  he  had  answered 
them  well,  asked  him,  "What  commandment  is  the  first 
of   all?" 

Jesus  answered,  "The  first  is,  'Hear,  O  Israel:  The 
Lord  our  God,  the  Lord  is  one :  and  thou  shalt  love  the 
Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
and  with  all  thy  mind,  and  with  all  thy  strength.'  The 
second  is  this,  'Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself/ 
There  is  none  other  commandment  greater  than  these." 

And  the  scribe  said  unto  him,  "Of  a  truth.  Teacher,, 
thou  hast  well  said  that  he  is  one :  and  there  is  none 
other  but  he:  and  to  love  him  with  all  the  heart,  and 
with  all  the  understanding  and  with  all  the  strength,  and 
to  love  his  neighbor  as  himself,  is  much  more  than  all 
whole   burnt-offerings    and    sacrifices." 

And  when  Jesus  saw  that  he  answered  discreetly,  he 
said  unto  him,  "Thou  art  not  far  from  the  kingdom  of 
God." 

The  Unanswerable  Question  of  Jesus. 

Nov/  while  the  Pharisees  were  gathered  together  Jesus 
asked  them  a  question,  saying,  "What  think  ye  of  the 
Christ?    whose   son  is  he?" 

They  say  unto  him,  "The  son  of  David." 

He  saith  unto  them,  "How  then  doth  David  in  the 
Spirit   call   him  Lord,  saying, 

'The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand, 
Till  I  put  thine  enemies  underneath  thy  feet?' 
If  David  then  calleth  him  Lord,  how  is  he  his  son?" 

And  no  one  was  able  to  answer  him  a  word,  neither 
durst  any  man  from  that  day  forth  ask  him  any  more 
questions. 

And  the  common  people  heard  him  gladly. 


14  tuesday^  the  day  of  controversy 

Discourse  of  Jesus  Against  the  Scribes  and 
Pharisees. 

Then  spake  Jesus  to  the  multitudes  and  to  his  disciples, 
saying,  "The  scribes  and  the  Pharisees  sit  on  Moses' 
seat:  all  things  therefore  whatsoever  they  bid  you,  these 
do  and  observe:  but  do  not  ye  after  their  works;  for 
they  say,  and  do  not.  Yea,  they  bind  heavy  burdens  and 
grievous  to  be  borne,  and  lay  them  on  men's  shoulders; 
but  they  themselves  will  not  move  them  with  their  finger. 
But  all  their  works  they  do  to  be  seen  of  men:  for  they 
make  broad  their  phylacteries,  and  enlarge  the  borders 
of  their  garments,  and  love  the  chief  place  at"  feasts,  and 
the  chief  seats  in  the  synagogues,  and  the  salutations  in 
the  market-places,  and  to  be  called  of  men,  'Rabbi.'  But 
be  not  ye  called  'Rabbi,'  for  one  is  your  teacher,  and  all 
ye  are  brethren.  And  call  no  man  your  father  on  the 
earth :  for  one  is  your  Father,  even  he  who  is  in  heaven. 
Neither-  be  ye  called  masters :  for  one  is  your  master, 
even  the  Christ.  But  he  that  is  greatest  among  you 
shall  be  your  servant.  And  whosoever  shall  exalt  him- 
self shall  be  humbled :  and  whosoever  shall  humble  him- 
self shall  be  exalted. 

"But  woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites ! 
because  ye  shut  the  kingdom  of  heaven  against  men : 
for  ye  enter  not  in  yourselves,  neither  suffer  ye  them 
that  are  entering  in  to  enter. 

"Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for 
ye  compass  sea  and  land  to  make  one  proselyte;  and 
when  he  is  become  so,  ye  make  him  twofold  more  a  son 
of   hell   than  yourselves. 

"Woe  unto  you,  ye  blind  guides,  that  say,  'Whosoever 
shall  swear  by  the  temple,  it  is  nothing;  but  whosoever 
shall  swear  by  the  gold  of  the  temple,  he  is  a  debtor.' 
Ye  fools  and   blind:     for  which   is  greater,  the  gold,   or 


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the  temple  that  hath  sanctified  the  gold?  And,  'Whoso- 
ever shall  swear  by  the  altar,  it  is  nothing;  but  whoso- 
ever shall  swear  by  the  gift  that  is  upon  it,  he  is  a 
debtor.'  Ye  blind:  for  which  is  greater,  the  gift,  or  the 
altar  that  sanctifieth  the  gift?  He  therefore  that  swear- 
eth  by  the  altar,  sweareth  by  it,  and  by  all  things  there- 
on. And  he  that  sweareth  by  the  temple,  sweareth  by  it, 
and  by  him  that  dwelleth  therein.  And  he  that  sweareth 
by  the  heaven,  sweareth  by  the  throne  of  God,  and  by 
him  that   sitteth  thereon. 

"Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for 
ye  tithe  mint  and  anise  and  cummin,  and  have  left  un- 
done the  weightier  matters  of  the  law,  justice,  and 
mercy,  and  faith :  but  these  ye  ought  to  have  done,  and 
not  to  have  left  the  other  undone.  Ye  blind  guides,  that 
strain  out  the  gnat,  and  swallow  the  camel ! 

"Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for 
ye  cleanse  the  outside  of  the  cup  and  of  the  platter,  but 
within  they  are  full  from  extortion  and  excess.  Thou 
blind  Pharisee,  cleanse  first  the  inside  of  the  cup  and 
of  the  platter,  that  the  outside  thereof  may  become  clean 
also. 

"Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for 
ye  are  like  unto  whited  sepulchres,  which  outwardly  ap- 
pear beautiful,  but  inwardly  are  full  of  dead  men's  bones, 
and  of  all  uncleanness.  Even  so  ye  also  outwardly  ap- 
pear righteous  unto  men,  but  inwardly  ye  are  full  of 
hypocrisy  and  iniquity. 

"Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees,  hypocrites !  for 
ye  build  the  sepulchres  of  the  prophets,  and  garnish  the 
tombs  of  the  righteous,  and  say,  'If  we  had  been  in  the 
days  of  our  fathers,  we  should  not  have  been  partakers 
with  them  in  the  blood  of  the  prophets.'  Wherefore  ye 
witness  to  yourselves,  that  ye  are  sons  of  them  that  slew 
the  prophets.    Fill  ye  up  then  the  measure  of  your  fathers. 


16  TUESDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    C0XTR0\-ER5Y 

Ye  serpents,  ye  offspring  of  vipers,  how  shall  ye  escape 
the  judgment  of  hell?  Therefore,  behold,  I  send  unto 
j-ou  prophets,  and  wise  men,  and  scribes :  some  of  them 
shall  ye  kill  and  crucify;  and  some  of  them  sh^.ll  ye 
scourge  in  your  synagogues,  and  persecute  from  city  to 
city:  that  upon  you  may  come  all  the  righteous  blood 
shed  on  the  earth,  from  the  blood  of  Abel  the  righteous 
unto  the  blood  of  Zachariah  son  of  Barachiah,  whom  ye 
slew  between  the  sanctuary  and  the  altar.  Verily  I  say 
unto  you,  All  these  things  shall  come  upon  this  genera- 
tion. 

"O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  that  killeth  the  prophets,  and 
stoneth  them  that  are  sent  unto  her !  how  often  would 
I  have  gathered  thy  c-hildren  together,  even  as  a  hen 
gathereth  her  chickens  under  her  wings,  and  ye  would 
not !  Behold,  your  house  is  left  unto  you  desolate.  For 
I  say  unto  you.  Ye  shall  not  see  me  henceforth,  till  ye 
shall  say,  'Blessed  is  he  that  cometh  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord.'  " 

The  Widow"' s  Two   Mites. 

And  he  sat  down  over  against  the  treasury*,  and  beheld 
how  the  multitude  cast  money  into  the  treasury :  and 
many  that  were  rich  cast  in  much.  And  there  came  a 
poor  widow,  and  she  cast  in  two  mites,  which  make  a 
farthing.  And  he  called  unto  him  his  disciples,  and  said 
unto  them.  '*Verily,  I  say  unto  you,  This  poor  widow 
cast  in  more  than  all  they  that  are  casting  into  the  treas- 
ury: for  they  all  did  cast  in  of  their  superfluity;  but 
she  of  her  want  did  cast  in  all  that  she  had,  even  all  her 
living." 

The  Gentiles   Seek  Jesus. 

Now  there  were  certain  Greeks  among  those  that  went 
up   to    worship   at    the     feast :     these    therefore    came    to 


THL   Gi::^iiLEb    SEEK   JESUS  17 

Philip,  who  wac  of  Bethsaida  of  Galilee,  and  asked  him, 
saying,   "Sir,    we   would    see   Jesus." 

Philip  Cometh  and  telleth  Andrew:  Andrew  cometh, 
and  Philip,  and  they  tell  Jesus. 

And  Jesus  answereth  them,  saying,  "The  hour  is  come, 
that  the  Son  of  man  should  be  glorified.  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  you,  Except  a  grain  of  wheat  fall  into  the  earth 
and  die,  it  abideth  by  itself  alone ;  but  if  it  die,  it  beareth 
much  fruit.  He  that  loveth  his  life  loseth  it :  and  he  that 
hateth  his  life  in  this  world  shall  keep  it  unto  life  eter- 
nal. If  any  man  serve  me,  let  him  follow  me :  and  where 
I  am,  there  shall  also  my  servant  be:  if  any  man  serve 
me,  him  will  the  Father  honor.  Now  is  my  soul  troubled ; 
and  what  shall  I  say?  Father,  save  me  from  this  hour. 
But  for  this  cause  came  I  unto  this  hour.  Father,  glorify 
thy   name." 

There  came  therefore  a  voice  out  of  heaven,  saying, 
"I  have  both  glorified  it,  and  will  glorify  it  again." 

The  multitude,  therefore,  that  stood  by,  and  heard  it, 
said  that  it  had  thundered :  others  said,  "An  angel  hath 
spoken  to  him." 

Jesus  answered  and  said,  "This  voice  hath  not  come 
for  my  sake,  but  for  your  sakes.  Now  is  the  judgment 
of  this  world :  now  shall  the  prince  of  this  world  be 
cast  out.  And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up  from  the  earth,  will 
draw  all   men   unto  myself." 

But  this  he  said,  signifying  by  what  manner  of  death 
he  should  die. 

The  multitude  therefore  answered  him,  "We  have 
heard  out  of  tne  law  that  the  Christ  abideth  forever :  and 
how  sayest  thou,  'The  Son  of  man  must  be  lifted  up'? 
who  is  this  Son  of  man?" 

Jesus  therefore  said  unto  them,  "Yet  a  little  while  is 
the  light  among  you.  Walk  while  ye  have  the  light  that 
darkness  overtake  you  not :    and  he  that   walketh  in  the 


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darkness  knoweth  not  whither  he  goeth.  While  ye  have 
the  hght,  believe  on  the  light,  that  ye  may  become  sons 
of  light." 

These  things  spake  Jesus,  and  he  departed  and  hid  him- 
self  from  them.  ^ 

The  Jews    Reject   Jesus. 

But  though  he  had  done  so  many  signs  before  them, 
yet  they  believed  not  on  him :  that  the  word  of  Isaiah  the 
prophet  might  be  fulfilled,  which  he  spake, 

"Lord,  who  hath  believed  our  report? 
And   to   whom  hath  the    arm    of    the   Lord  been 
revealed?" 
For  this  cause  they   could  not   believe,   for  that   Isaiah 
said  again, 

"He  hath  blinded  their  eyes,  and  he  hardened  their 
heart ; 
Lest  they  should  see  with  their  eyes,  and  perceive 

with  their  heart, 
And  should  turn, 
And  I  should  heal  them." 
These    things    said    Isaiah,   because   he    saw    his    glory; 
and   he   spake   of   him.     Nevertheless    even  of   the   rulers 
many  believed  on  him;    but  because  of  the  Pharisees  they 
did  not  confess  it,  lest  they  should  be  put  out  of  the  syn- 
agogue:     for  they  loved  the   glory  that  is   of  men   more 
than  the  glorj'^  that  is  of  God. 

And  Jesus  cried  and  said,  "He  that  believeth  on  me, 
believeth  not  on  me,  but  on  him  that  sent  me.  And  he 
that  beholdeth  me  beholdeth  him  that  sent  me.  I  am 
come  a  light  into  the  world,  that  whosoever  believeth  on 
me  may  not  abide  in  the  darkness.  And  if  any  man  hear 
my  sayings,  and  keep  them  not,  I  judge  him  not:  for  I 
■came  not  to  judge  the  world,  but  to  save  the  world.  He 
that  rejecteth  me,  and  rcceiveth  not  my  sayings,  hath 
one  that  judgeth  him:    the  word  that  I  spake,  the  same 


DISCOURSE     CONCERNING     THE     FUTURE  19 

shall  judge  him  in  the  last  day.  For  I  spake  not  from 
myself;  but  the  Father  that  sent  me,  he  hath  given  me 
a  commandment,  what  I  should  say,  and  what  I  should 
speak.  And  I  know  that  his  commandment  is  life  eter- 
nal ;  the  things  therefore  which  I  speak,  even  as  the 
Father  hath  said  unto  me,  so  I   speak." 

Discourse  Concerning  the  Future. 

And  Jesus  went  out  from  the  temple,  and  was  going 
on  his  way;  and  his  disciples  came  lo  him  to  show  him 
the  buildings  of  the  temple. 

But  he  answered  and  said  unto  them,  "See  ye  not  all 
these  things?.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  There  shall  not  be 
left  here  one  stone  upon  another,  that  shall  not  be  thrown 
down." 

And  as  he  sat  on  the  mount  of  Olives  over  against  the 
temple,  Peter  and  James  and  John  and  Andrew  asked 
him  privately,  "Tell  us,  when  shall  these  things  be?  and 
what  shall  be  the  sign  when  these  things  are  all  about  to 
be   accomplished?" 

And  Jesus  began  to  say  unto  them,  "Take  heed  that 
no  man  lead  you  astray.  Many  shall  come  in  my  name, 
saying,  'I  am  he,'  and  shall  lead  many  astray.  And  when 
ye  shall  hear  of  wars  and  rumors  of  wars,  be  not 
troubled :  these  things  must  needs  come  to  pass ;  but 
the  end  is  not  yet.  For  nation  shall  rise  against  nation, 
and  kingdom  against  kingdom ;  there  shall  be  earth- 
quakes in  divers  places;  there  shall  be  famines:  these 
things  are  the  beginning  of  the  travail. 

"But  take  ye  heed  to  yourselves:  for  they  shall  deliver 
you  up  to  councils ;  and  in  synagogues  shall  ye  be 
berten;  and  before  governors  and  kings  shall  ye  stand 
for  my  sake,  for  a  testimony  unto  them.  And  the  gospel 
must  first  be  preached  unto  all  the  nations.  And  when 
they   lead  you  to   judgment,  and  deliver  you    up,   be   not 


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anxious  beforehand  what  ye  shall  speak;  but  whatso- 
ever shall  be  given  you  in  that  hour,  that  speak  ye;  for 
it  is  not  ye  that  speak,  but  the  Holy  Spirit.  But  ye  shall 
be  delivered  up  even  by  parents,  and  brethren,  and  kins- 
folk, and  friends:  and  some  of  you  shall  they  cause  to 
be  put  to  death.  And  ye  shall  be  hated  of  all  men  for 
my  name's  sake. 

"And  then  shall  many  stumble,  and  shall  deliver  up 
one  another,  and  shall  hate  one  another.  And  many  false 
prophets  shall  arise,  and  shall  lead  many  astray.  And 
because  iniquity  shall  be  multiplied,  the  love  of  the  many 
shall  wax  cold.  But  he  that  endureth  to  the  end,  the 
same  shall  be  saved. 

"But  when  ye  see  Jerusalem  compassed  with  armies, 
then  know  that  her  desolation  is  at  hand.  Then  let  them 
that  are  in  Judaea  flee  unto  the  mountains ;  let  him  that 
is  on  the  housetop  not  go  down  to  take  out  the  things 
that  are  in  his  house ;  and  let  him  that  is  in  the  field  not 
return  back  to  take  his  cloak.  For  these  are  days  of  ven- 
geance, that  all  things  which  are  written  may  be  ful- 
filled. 

"But  woe  unto  them  that  are  with  child  and  to  them 
that  give  suck  in  those  days !  And  pray  ye  that  your 
flight  be  not  in  the  winter,  neither  on  a  Sabbath :  for 
then  shall  be  great  tribulation,  such  as  hath  not  been  from 
the  beginning  of  the  world  until  now,  no,  nor  ever  shall 
be.  And  except  those  days  had  been  shortened,  no  flesh 
would  have  been  saved :  but  for  the  elect's  sake  those 
days  shall  be  shortened.  Then  if  any  man  shall  say  unto 
you,  'Lo,  here  is  the  Christ,'  or,  'Here,'  believe  it  not. 
For  there  shall  arise  false  Christs,  and  false  prophets,  and 
shall  show  great  signs  and  wonders ;  so  as  to  lead  astray, 
if  possible,  even  the  elect.  But  take  ye  heed:  behold,  I 
have  told  you  all  things  beforehand.  If,  therefore,  they 
shall   say  unto  you,  'Behold,  he   is   in  the   wilderness.'   go 


DISCOURSE    CONCERNING     THE    FUTURE  21 

not  forth :  'Behold,  he  is  in  the  inner  chambers,'  believe 
it  not.  For  as  the  lightning  cometh  forth  from  the  east 
and  is  seen  even  unto  the  west,  so  shall  be  the  coming 
of  the  Son  of  man.  Wheresoever  the  carcase  is,  there 
will  the   eagles  be  gathered   together. 

"But  immediately  after  the  tribulation  of  those  days 
the  sun  shall  be  darkened,  and  the  moon  shall  not  give 
her  light,  and  the  stars  shall  fall  from  heaven,  and  the 
powers  of  the  heavens  shall  be  shaken :  and  then  shall 
appear  the  sign  of  the  Son  of  man  in  heaven :  and  then 
shall  all  the  tribes  of  the  earth  mourn,  and  they  shall  see 
the  Son  of  man  coming  on  the  clouds  of  heaven  with 
power  and  great  glory.  And  he  shall  send  forth  his 
angels  with  a  great  sound  of  a  trumpet,  and  shall  gather 
together  his  elect  from  the  four  winds,  from  the  utter- 
most part  of  the  earth  to  the  uttermost  part  of  heaven. 

"Now  from  the  fig  tree  learn  her  parable:  when  her 
branch  is  now  become  tender,  and  putteth  forth  its  leaves, 
ye  know  that  the  summer  is  nigh ;  even  so  ye  also,  when 
ye  see  all  these  things,  know  ye  that  he  is  nigh,  even 
at  the  doors.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  This  generation 
shall  not  pass  away  till  all  these  things  be  accomplished. 
Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away,  but  my  words  shall 
not  pass  away.  But  of  that  day  and  hour  knoweth  no 
one,  not  even  the  angels  of  heaven,  neither  the  Son,  but 
the  Father  only. 

"But  take  heed  to  yourselves,  lest  haply  your  hearts  be 
overcharged  with  surfeiting,  and  drunkenness,  and  cares 
of  this  life,  and  that  day  come  on  you  suddenly  as  a 
snare;  for  so  shall  it  come  upon  all  them  that  dwell  on 
the  face  of  all  the  earth.  But  watch  ye  at  every  season, 
making  supplication,  that  ye  may  prevail  to  escape  all 
these  things  that  shall  come  to  pass,  and  to  stand  before 
the  Son  of  man. 

"And  as  were  the  days  of  Noah,  so  shall  be  the  com- 


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ing  of  the  Son  of  man.  For  as  in  those  days  which  were 
before  the  flood  they  were  eating  and  drinking,  marrying 
and  giving  in  marriage,  until  the  day  that  Noah  entered 
into  the  ark,  and  they  knew  not  until  the  flood  came,  and 
took  them  all  away;  so  shall  be  the  coming  of  the  Son 
of  man.  Then  shall  two  men  be  in  the  field;  one  is 
taken,  and  one  is  left ;  two  women  shall  be  grinding  at 
the  mill ;  one  is  taken,  and  one  is  left.  Watch  therefore : 
for  ye  know  not  on  what  day  your  Lord  cometh. 

"But  know  this,  that  if  the  master  of  the  house  had 
known  in  what  watch  the  thief  was  coming,  he  would 
have  watched,  and  would  not  have  suffered  his  house  to 
be  broken  through.  Therefore  be  ye  also  ready;  for  in 
an  hour   that  ye  think  not  the   Son   of  man   cometh. 

"Take  ye  heed,  watch  and  pray:  for  ye  know  not  when 
the  time  is.  It  is  as  when  a  man,  sojourning  in  another 
country,  having  left  his  house,  and  given  authority  to 
his  servants,  to  each  one  his  work,  commanded  also  the 
porter  to  watch.  Watch  therefore :  for  ye  know  not 
when  the  lord  of  the  house  cometh,  whether  at  even,  or 
at  midnight,  or  at  cockcrowing,  or  in  the  morning;  lest 
coming  suddenly  he  find  you  sleeping.  And  what  I  say 
unto  you  I  say  unto  all.  Watch. 

"Who  then  is  the  faithful  and  wise  servant,  whom  the 
lord  hath  set  over  his  household,  to  give  them  their  food 
in  due  season?  Blessed  is  that  servant,  whom  his  lord 
when  he  cometh  shall  find  so  doing.  Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  that  he  will  set  him  over  'all  that  he  hath.  But  if 
that  evil  servant  shall  say  in  his  heart,  'My  lord  tarrieth' ; 
and  shall  begin  to  beat  his  fellow-servants,  and  shall  eat 
and  drink  with  the  drunken ;  the  lord  of  that  servant 
shall  come  in  a  day  when  he  expecteth  not,  and  in  an 
hour  when  he  knoweth  not,  and  shall  cut  him  asunder, 
and  appoint  his  portion  with  the  hypocrites :  there  shall 
be  the  weeping  and  the  gnashing  of  teeth." 


THE     PARABLE    OF    THE     TEN     VIRGINS  23 


The  Parable  of  the  Ten  Virgins. 

"Then  shall  the  kingdom  of  heaven  be  likened  unto 
ten  virgins,  v^ho  took  their  lamps  and  went  forth  to 
meet  the  bridegroom.  And  five  of  them  v^ere  foolish,  and 
five  were  wise.  For  the  foolish,  when  they  took  their 
lamps,  took  no  oil  with  them :  but  the  wise  took  oil  in 
their  vessels  with  their  lamps.  Now  while  the  bride- 
groom tarried,  they  all  slumbered  and  slept.  But  at  mid- 
night there  is  a  cry,  'Behold,  the  bridegroom !  Come  ye 
forth  to  meet  him.'  Then  all  those  virgins  arose,  and 
trimmed  their  lamps.  And  the  foolish  said  unto  the  wise, 
'Give  us  of  your  oil ;  for  our  lamps  are  going  out.'  But 
the  wise  answered,  saying,  'Peradventure  there  will  not 
be  enough  for  us  and  you :  go  ye  rather  to  them  that 
sell,   and  buy   for  yourselves.' 

"And  while  they  went  away  to  buy,  the  bridegroom 
came ;  and  they  that  were  ready  went  in  with  him  to 
the  marriage  feast :  and  the  door  was  shut.  Afterward 
came  also  the  other  virgins,  saying,  'Lord,  Lord,  open 
to  us.'  But  he  answered  and  said,  'Verily  I  say  unto  you,. 
I  know  you  not.' 

"Watch  therefore,  for  ye  know  not  the  day  nor  the 
hour. 

The  Parable  of  the  Talents. 

"For  it  is  as  when  a  man.  going  into  another  country, 
called  his  own  servants,,  and  delivered  unto  them  his 
goods.  And  unto  one  he  gave  five  talents,  to  another 
two,  to  another  one ;  to  each  according  to  his  several 
ability;  and  he  went  on  his  journey.  Straightway  he 
that  received  the  five  talents  went  and  traded  with  them, 
and  made  other  five  talents.  In  like  manner  he  also  that 
received  the  two  gained  other  two.     But  he  that  received 


24  TUESDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    CONTROVERS\ 

the  one  went  away  and  digged  in  the  earth,  and  hid  his 
lord's  money. 

"Now  after  a  long  time  the  lord  of  these  servants  Com- 
eth, and  maketh  a  reckoning  with  them.  And  he  that  re- 
ceived the  five  talents  came  and  brought  other  five  talents, 
saying,  'Lord,  thou  deliveredst  unto  me  five  talents :  lo, 
I  have  gained  other  five  talents.'  His  lord  said  unto 
him,  'Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant :  thou 
hast  been  faithful  over  a  few  things,  I  will  set  thee  over 
many  things;    enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  lord.' 

"And  he  also  that  received  the  two  talents  came  and 
said,  'Lord,  thou  deliveredst  unto  me  two  talents :  lo,  I 
have    gained   other   two   talents.' 

"His  lord  said  unto  him,  'Well  done,  good  and  faith- 
ful servant:  thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few  things, 
I  will  set  thee  over  many  things ;  enter  thou  into  the 
joy  of  thy  lord.' 

"And  he  also  that  had  received  the  one  talent  came 
and  said,  'Lord,  I  knew  thee  that  thou  art  a  hard  man, 
reaping  where  thou  didst  not  sow,  and  gathering  where 
thou  didst  not  scatter;  and  I  was  afraid,  and  went  away 
and  hid  thy  talent  in  the  earth:    lo,  thou  hast  thine  own.' 

"But  his  lord  answered  and  said  unto  him,  'Thou 
wicked  and  slothful  servant,  thou  knewest  that  I  reap 
where  I  sowed  not,  and  gather  where  I  did  not  scatter; 
thou  oughtest  therefore  to  have  put  my  money  to  the 
bankers,  and  at  my  coming  I  should  have  received  back 
mine  own  with  interest.  Take  ye  away  therefore  the 
talent  from  him,  and  give  it  unto  him  that  hath  the 
ten  talents.  For  unto  every  one  that  hath  shall  be  given, 
and  he  shall  have  abundance;  but  from  him  that  hath 
not,  even  that  which  he  hath  shall  be  taken  away.  And 
cast  ye  out  the  unprofitable  servant  into  the  outer  dark- 
ness:  there  shall  be  the  weeping  and  the  gnashing  of 
teeth.' 


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The  Judgment  Scene. 

"But  when  the  Son  of  man  shall  come  in  his  glory,  and 
all  the  angels  with  him,  then  shall  he  sit  on  the  throne 
of  his  glory :  and  before  him  shall  be  gathered  all  the 
nations:  and  he  shall  separate  them  one  from  another, 
as  the  shepnerd  separateth  the  sheep  from  the  goats; 
and  he  shall  set  the  sheep  on  his  right  hand,  but  the  goats 
on  the  left.  Then  shall  the  King  say  unto  them  on  his 
right  hand,  'Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit  the 
kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of  the 
world:  for  I  was  hungry,  and  ye  gave  me  to  eat;  I  was 
thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me  drink;  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye 
took  me  in;  naked,  and  ye  clothed  me;  I  was  sick,  and 
ye  visited  me ;    I  was  in  prison,  and  ye  came  unto  me.' 

"Then  shall  the  righteous  answer  him,  saying,  'Lord, 
when  saw  we  thee  hungry,  and  fed  thee?  or  athirst,  and 
gave  thee  drink?  And  when  saw  we  thee  a  stranger, 
and  took  thee  in?  or  naked,  and  clothed  thee?  And 
when  saw  we  thee  sick,  or  in  prison,  and  came  unto  thee?' 
And  the  King  shall  answer  and  say  unto  them,  'Verily  I 
say  unto  you.  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  unto  one  of  these 
my  children,  even  these  least,  ye  did  it  unto  me.' 

"Then  shall  he  say  also  unto  them  on  the  left  hand, 
"Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into  the  eternal  fire  which  is 
prepared  for  the  devil  and  his  angels :  for  I  was  hungry, 
and  ye  did  not  give  me  to  eat;  I  was  thirsty,  and  ye  gave 
me  no  drink ;  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye  took  me  not  in ; 
naked,  and  ye  clothed  me  not ;  sick,  and  in  prison,  and 
ye  visited  me  not.'  Then  shall  they  also  answer,  saying, 
■'Lord,  when  saw  we  thee  hungry,  or  athirst,  or  a  stranger, 
-or  naked,  or  sick,  or  in  prison,  and  did  not  minister  unto 
thee?'  Then  shall  he  answer  them,  saying.  'Verily  I  say 
imto  you.  Inasmuch  as  ye  did  it  not  unto  one  of  these 
least,   ye   did  it  not  unto  me.'     And  these  shall  go  away 


26  WEDNESDAY,    THE    DAY    OF   RETIREMENT 

into   eternal  punishment:    but   the  righteous   into  eternal 
life." 

The    Conspiracy   Against    Jesus. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus  had  finished  all  these 
words,  he  said  unto  his  disciples,  "Ye  know  that  after 
two  days  the  passover  cometh,  and  the  Son  of  man  is 
delivered  up  to  be  crucified." 

Then  were  gathered  together  the  chief  priests,  the 
elders  of  the  people,  unto  the  court  of  the  high  priest, 
who  was  called  Caiaphas;  and  they  took  counsel  together 
that  they  might  take  Jesus  by  subtlety,  and  kill  him.  But 
they  said,  "Not  during  the  feast,  lest  a  tumult  arise 
among  the  people." 

And  Satan  entered  into  Judas,  who  was  called  Iscariot, 
being  of  the  number  of  the  twelve.  And  he  went  away 
and  communed  with  the  chief  priests  and  captains,  how 
he  might  deliver  him  unto  them.  And  they  were  glad, 
and  they  weighed  unto  him  thirty  pieces  of  silver.  And 
from  that  time  he  sought  opportunity  to  deliver  him  unto 
them  in  the  absence  of  the  multitude. 


WEDNESDAY— THE    DAY   OF   RETIREMENT. 

[There  is  no  record  of  the  events  of  this  day.  Jesus 
spent  it  in  retirement,  almost  certainly  in  the  home  of 
his  friends  at  Bethany.] 


THURSDAY— THE   DAY    OF    FELLOWSHIP. 
Preparation  for  the  Passover. 

And  on  the  first  da}^  of  unleavened  bread,  when  they 
sacrificed  the  passover,  his  disciples  say  unto  him,  "Where 
wilt  thou  that  we  go  and  make  ready  that  thou  mayest 
eat  the  passover?" 

And  he  sendeth  two  of  his  disciples,  and  saith  unto- 
them,  *'Go  into  the  city,  and  there  shall  meet  you  a  man 
bearing,  a  pitcher  of  water ;  follow  him ;  and  whereso- 
ever he  shall  enter  in,  say  to  the  master  of  the  house,. 
'The  Teacher  saith,  My  time  is  at  hand.  Where  is  my- 
guest-chamber,  where  I  shall  eat  the  passover  with  my 
disciples?'  And  he  will  himse?:  show  you  a  large  upper- 
room  furnished  and  ready :  and  there  make  ready  for' 
us." 

And  the  disciples  went  forth,  and  came  into  the  city,, 
and  found  as  he  had  said  unto  them :  and  they  made- 
ready   the   passover. 

Strife  Among  the  Disciples. 

And  when  it  was  eveninr  he  cometh  with  the  twelve. 
And  there  arose  also  a  contention  among  them,  which  of 
them  was  accounted  to  I :  greatest.  And  he  said  unto- 
them,  "The  kings  c  I  the  Gentiles  have  lordship  over 
them ;  and  they  that  have  authority  over  them  are  called 
Benefactors.  But  ye  shall  not  be  so :  but  he  that  is  the- 
greater  among  you,  let  him  become  as  the  younger:  and 
he  that  is  chief,  as  he  that  doth  serve.  For  which  i.s 
greater,  he  that  sitteth  at  meat,  or  he  that  serveth?  Is  not 
he  that  sitteth  at  meat?  But  I  am  in  the  midst  of  you 
as  he  that  serveth.  But  ye  are  thej'  that  have  continued' 
with  me  in  my  temptations ;  and  I  appoint  unto  you  a 
kingdom,  even  as  my  Father  appointed  unto  me,  that  ye 
27 


28  THURSDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    FELLOWSHIP 

may  eat  and  drink  at  my  table  in  my  kingdom;    and  ye 
shall  sit  on  thrones  judging  the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel." 

Jesus   Washing  the  Disciples'    Feet. 

Now  before  the  least  of  the  passover,  Jesus  knowing 
that  his  hour  was  come  that  he  should  depart  out  of  this 
world  unto  the  Father,  having  loved  his  own  that  were 
in  the  world,  he  loved  them  unto  the  end. 

And  during  supper,  the  devil  having  already  put  into 
the  heart  of  Judas  Iscariot,  Simon's  son,  to  betray  him, 
Jesus,  knowing  that  the  Father  had  given  all  things  into 
his  hands,  and  that  he  came  forth  from  God,  and  goeth 
unto  God,  riseth  from  supper,  and  layeth  aside  his  gar- 
ments ;  and  he  took  a  towel,  and  girded  himself.  Then 
he  poureth  water  into  the  basin,  and  began  to  wash  the 
disciples'  feet,  and  to  wipe  them  with  the  towel  where- 
with he  was  girded. 

So  he  Cometh  to  Simon  Peter.  He  saith  unto  him, 
"Lord,  dost  thou  wash  my  feet?" 

Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  him,  "What  I  do  thou 
knowest  not  now ;    but  thou  shalt  understand  hereafter." 

Peter  saith  unto  him,  "Thou  shalt  never  wash  my 
feet." 

Jesus  answered  him,  "If  I  wash  thee  not,  thou  hast  no 
part  with  me." 

Simon  Peter  saith  unto  him,  "Lord,  not  my  feet  only, 
but  also  my  hands  and  my  head." 

Jesus  saith  to  him,  "He  that  is  bathed  needeth  not 
save  to  wash  his  feet,  but  is  clean  every  whit:  and  ye 
are  clean,  but  not  all."  For  he  knew  him  that  should 
betray  him ;    therefore  said,  he,  "Ye  are  not  all  clean." 

So  when  he  had  washed  their  feet,  and  taken  his  gar- 
ments, and  sat  down  again,  he  said,  unto  them,  "Know  ye 
what  I  have  done  to  you?  Ye  call  me  Teacher,  and 
Lord:    and  ye   say   well;     for  so   I   am.     If    I   then,   the 


THE    BETRAYER    POUSTTED    OUT  29 

Lord  and  the  Teacher,  have  washed  your  feet,  ye  also 
ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet.  For  I  have  given  you 
an  example,  that  ye  also  should  do  as  I  have  done  to  you. 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you,  A  servant  is  not  greater 
than  his  lord;  neither  one  that  is  sent  greater  than  he 
that  sent  him.  If  ye  know  these  things,  blessed  are  ye 
if  ye  do  them. 

"I  speak  not  of  you  all :  I  know  whom  I  have  chosen : 
but  that  the  scripture  may  be  fulfilled,  He  that  eateth 
my  bread  lifted  up  his  heel  against  me.  From  hence- 
forth I  tell  you  before  it  come  to  pass,  that,  when  it  is 
come  to  pass,  ye  may  believe  that  I  am  he.  Verily,  verily, 
I  say  unto  you,  He  that  receiveth  whomsoever  I  send 
receiveth  me;  and  he  that  receiveth  me  receiveth  him  that 
sent  me." 

The  Betrayer  Pointed  Out. 

When  Jesus  had  thus  said,  he  was  troubled  in  the 
spirit,  and  testified,  and  said,  "Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  that  one  of  you   shall  betray  me." 

The  disciples  looked  one  on  another,  doubting  of  whom 
he  spake.  And  they  were  exceeding  sorrowful,  and  be- 
gan to  say  unto  him  every  one,  "Is  it  I,  Lord?" 

And  he  answered  and  said,  "He  that  dipped  his  hand 
with  me  in  the  dish,  the  same  shall  betray  me.  The  Son 
of  man  goeth,  even  as  it  is  written  of  him :  but  woe  unto 
that  man  through  whom  the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed! 
Good  were  it  for  that  man  if  he  had  not  been  born." 

And  Judas,  who  betrayed  him,  answered  and  said,  "Is 
it   I,  Rabbi?" 

He   saith    unto  him,   "Thou  hast   said." 

There  was  at  the  table  reclining  in  Jesus'  bosom  one 
of  his  disciples,  whom  Jesus  loved.  Simon  Peter  there- 
fore beckoneth  to  him,  and  saith  unto  him,  "Tell  us  who 
it  is  nf  whom  he  speaketh." 


30  THURSDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    FELLOWSHIP 

He  leaning  back,  as  he  was,  on  Jesus'  breast,  saith 
unto  him,  "Lord,  who  is  it?" 

Jesus  therefore  answereth,  "He  it  is,  for  whom  I  shall 
dip  the  sop,  and  give  it  him," 

So  when  he  had  dipped  the  sop,  he  taketh  and  giveth 
it  to  Judas,  the  son  of  Simon  Iscariot.  And  after  the 
sop,  then  entered   Satan  into  him. 

Jesus  therefore  saith  unto  him,  "What  thou  doest,  do 
■quickly," 

Now  no  man  at  the  table  knew  for  what  intent  he 
spake  this  unto  him.  For  some  thought  because  Judas 
had  the  bag,  that  Jesus  said  unto  him,  "Buy  what  things 
we  have  need  of  for  the  feast,"  or  that  he  should  give 
something  to  the  poor.  He  then  having  received  the  sop 
Avent   out  straightway:    and  it   was  night. 

When  therefore  he  was  gone  out,  Jesus  saith,  "Now 
is  the  Son  of  man  glorified,  and  God  is  glorified  in  him ; 
and  God  shall  glorify  him  in  himself,  and  straightway 
.shall  he  glorify  him." 

The  Lord's   Supper. 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "With  desire  I  have  desired  to 
-eat  this  passover  with  you  before  I  suffer:  for  I  say  unto 
you,  I  shall  not  eat  it  until  it  be  fulfilled  in  the  Kingdom 
of  God." 

And  he  took  bread,  and  when  he  had  given  thanks,  he 
"brake  it,  and  gave  to  them,  saying,  "This  is  my  body ; 
Avhich  is  given  for  you ;    this  do  in  remembrance  of  me." 

And  he  took  a  cup,  in  like  manner  after  supper,  and 
gave  thanks,  and  gave  to  them,  saying,  "Drink  ye  all  of 
it;  for  this  is  my  blood  of  the  new  covenant,  which  is 
poured  out  for  you,  for  many,  unto  remission  of  sins. 
Fake  this  and  divide  it  among  yourselves;  for  I  say  unto 
you,  I  shall  not  drink  from  henceforth  of  the  fruit  of  the 
Vine,  until  the  Kingdom  of  God  shall  come." 


the  farewell  conversation  31 

The  Farewell  Conversation. 

"Little  children,  yet  a  little  while  I  am  with  you.  Ye  shall 
seek  me :  and  as  I  said  unto  the  Jews,  'Whither  I  go,  ye 
cannot  come,'  so  now  I  say  unto  you.  A  new  command- 
ment I  give  unto  you,  that  ye  love  one  another ;  even  as 
I  have  loved  you,  that  ye  also  love  one  another.  By 
this  shall  all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if  ye 
have    love    one    to    another." 

Simon  Peter  saith  unto  him,  "Lord,  whither  goest 
thou?" 

Jesus  answered,  "Whither  I  go,  thou  canst  not  follow 
me  now;    but  thou   shalt  follow   afterwards." 

And  Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "All  ye  shall  be  offended : 
for  it  is  written,  I  will  smite  the  shepherd,  and  the  sheep 
shall  be  scattered  abroad.  Howbeit,  after  I  am  raised  up, 
I  will  go  before  you  into  Galilee." 

But  Peter  said  unto  him,  "Although  all  shall  bt  of- 
fended, yet  will  not  L" 

And  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "Verily  I  say  unto  thee, 
that  thou  to-day,  even  this  night,  before  the  cock  crow 
twice,  shalt  deny  me  thrice.  Simon,  Simon,  behold  Satan 
asked  to  have  you,  that  he  might  sift  you  as  wheat;  but 
I  make  supplication  for  thee,  that  thy  faith  fail  not : 
and  do  thou,  when  once  thou  hast  turned  again,  establish 
thy   brethren." 

But  he  spake  vehemently,  "If  I  must  die  with  thee,  I 
will  not  deny  thee."  And  in  like  manner  also  said  they 
all. 

And  he  said  unto  them.  "When  I  sent  you  forth  with- 
out purse,  and  wallet,  and   shoes,  lacked  ye  anything?" 

And  they  said,  "Nothing." 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "But  now,  he  that  hath  a 
purse,  let  him  take  it,  and  likewise  a  wallet ;  and  he  that 
hath  none,  let  him  sell  his  cloak,  and  buy  a  sword.     For 


32  THURSDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    FELLOWSHIP 

I  say  unto  you,  that  this  which  is  written  must  be  ful- 
filled in  me,  'And  he  was  reckoned  with  transgressors' : 
for  that  which  concerneth  me  hath   fulfillment." 

And  they  said,  "Lord,  behold,  here  are  two  swords." 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "It  is  enough." 

"Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled;  believe  in  God,  be- 
lieve also  in  me.  In  my  Father's  house  are  many  man- 
sions ;  if  it  were  not  so,  I  would  have  told  you ;  for  1 
go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you.  And  if  I  go  and  prepare 
a  place  for  you,  I  come  again,  and  will  receive  you  unto 
myself;  that  where  I  am,  there  ye  may  be  also.  And 
whither  I  go,   ye  know  the  way." 

Thomas  saith  unto  him,  "Lord,  we  know  not  whither 
thou  goest;    how  know  we  the  way?" 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "I  am  the  way,  and  the  truth,  and 
the  life:  no  one  cometh  unto  the  Father,  but  by  me.  If 
ye  had  known  me,  ye  would  have  known  my  Father 
also :    from  henceforth  ye  know  him,  and  have  seen  him."" 

Philip  saith  unto  him,  "Lord,  show  us  the  Father,  and 
it  sufficeth   us." 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "Have  I  been  so  long  time  with 
you,  and  dost  thou  not  know  me,  Philip?  He  that  hath, 
seen  me  hath  seen  the  Father;  how  sayest  thou,  'Show 
us  the  Father'?  Believest  thou  not  that  I  am  in  the 
Father,  and  the  Father  in  me?  The  words  that  I  say 
unto  you  I  speak  not  from  myself :  but  the  Father  abid- 
ing in  me  doeth  his  works.  Believe  me  that  I  am  in 
the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  me :  or  else  believe  me 
for  the  very  works'  sake.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you. 
He  that  believeth  on  me,  the  works  that  I  do  shall  he 
do  also:  and  greater  works  than  these  shall  he  do;  be- 
cause I  go  unto  the  Father.  And  whatsoever  ye  shall 
ask  in  my  name,  that  will  I  do,  that  the  Father  may  be 
glorified    in   the    Son.     If   ye    shall    ask  anything   in    my 


THE    FAREWELL    CONVERSATION  33 

name,  that  will  I  do.  If  ye  love  me,  ye  will  keep  my 
commandments.  And  I  will  pray  the  Father,  and  he 
shall  give  you  another  Comforter,  that  he  may  be  with 
you  for  ever,  even  the  Spirit  of  truth :  whom  the  world 
cannot  receive;  for  it  beholdeth  him  not,  neither  know- 
eth  him :  ye  /  know  him,  for  he  abideth  with  you,  and 
shall  be  in  you.  I  will  not  leave  you  desolate :  I  come 
unto  you. 

"Yet  a  little  while,  and  the  world  beholdeth  me  no 
more ;  but  ye  behold  me :  because  I  live,  ye  shall  live 
also.  In  that  day  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  in  my  Father, 
and  ye  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  He  that  hath  my  command- 
ments, and  keepeth  them,  he  it  is  that  loveth  me :  and  he 
that  loveth  me  shall  be  loved  of  my  Father,  and  I  will 
love  him,  and  will  manifest  myself  unto  him." 

Judas  (not  Iscariot)  saith  unto  him,  "Lord,  what  is 
come  to  pass  that  thou  wilt  manifest  thyself  unto  us,  and 
not  unto  the  world?" 

Jesus  answered  and  said  unto  him,  "If  a  man  love  me, 
he  will  keep  my  word :  and  my  Father  will  love  him,  and 
we  will  come  unto  him,  and  make  our  abode  with  him. 
He  that  loveth  me  not  keepeth  not  my  words :  and  the 
word  which  ye  hear  is  not  mine,  but  the  Father's  who 
sent  me. 

"These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  yo.  while  yet  abid- 
ing with  you.  But  the  Comforter,  evt..  the  Holy  Spirit, 
whom  the  Father  will  send  in  my  name,  he  shall  teach 
you  all  things,  and  bring  to  your  remembrance  all  that  I 
said  unto  you.  Peace  I  leave  with  you ;  my  peace  I  give 
unto  you :  not  as  the  world  giveth,  give  I  unto  you.  Let 
not  your  heart  be  troubled,  neither  let  it  be  fearful.  Ye 
heard  how  I  said  to  you,  I  go  away,  and  I  come  unto 
you.  If  ye  loved  me,  ye  would  have  rejoiced,  because  I 
go  unto  the  Father:    for  the  Father  is  greater  than  I. 

"And   now   I   have   told  you   before   it   come    to   pass. 


34  THURSDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    FELLOWSHIP 

that,  when  it  is  come  to  pass,  ye  may  believe.  I  will  no 
more  speak  much  with  you,  for  the  prince  of  the  world 
cometh :  and  he  hath  nothing  in  me ;  but  that  the  world 
may  know  that  I  love  the  Father,  and  as  the  Father  gave 
me  commandment,  even  so  I   do." 

"I  am  the  true  vine,  and  my  Father  is  the  husbandman. 
Every  branch  in  me  that  beareth  not  fruit,  he  taketh  it 
away :  and  every  branch  that  beareth  fruit,  he  cleanseth 
it,  that  it  may  bear  more  fruit.  Already  ye  are  clean 
because  of  the  word  which  I  have  spoken  unto  you. 
Abide  in  me,  and  I  in  you.  As  the  branch  cannot  bear 
fruit  of  itself,  except  it  abide  in  the  vine;  so  neither  can 
ye,  except  ye  abide  in  me.  I  am  the  vine,  ye  are  the 
branches :  He  that  abideth  in  me,  and  I  in  him,  the  same 
beareth  much  fruit:  for  apart  from  me  ye  can  do  noth- 
ing. If  a  man  abide  not  in  me,  he  is  cast  forth  as  a 
branch,  and  is  withered ;  and  they  gather  them,  and  cast 
them  into  the  fire,  and  they  are  burned.  If  ye  abide  in 
me,  and  my  words  abide  in  you,  ask  whatsoever  ye  will, 
and  it  shall  be  done  unto  you.  Herein  is  my  Father  glo- 
rified, that  ye  bear  much  fruit:  and  so  shall  ye  be  my 
disciples.  Even  as  the  Father  hath  loved  me,  I  also  have 
loved  you:  abide  ye  in  my  love.  If  ye  keep  my  com- 
mandments, ye  shall  abide  in  my  love ;  even  as  I  have 
kept  my  Father's  commandments,  and  abide  in  his  love. 

"These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  that  my  joy 
may  be  in  you,  and  that  your  joy  may  be  made  full.  This 
is  my  commandment,  that  ye  love  one  another,  even  as  1 
have  loved  you.  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that 
a  man  lay  down  his  life  for  his  friends.  Ye  are  my 
friends,  if  ye  do  the  things  which  I  command  you.  No 
longer  do  I  call  you  servants;  for  the  servant  knoweth 
not  what  his  lord  doeth :  but  I  have  called  you  friends ; 
for  all  things  that  I  heard  from  my  Father  I  have  made 


THE    FAREWELL    COXVERSXTION  35 

known  unto  yon.  Ye  did  not  choose  me,  but  I  chose  you, 
and  appointed  you,  that  ye  should  go  and  bear  fruit,  and 
that  your  fruit  should  abide :  that  whatsoever  ye  shall 
ask  of  the  Father  in  my  name,  he  may  give  it  you. 
These  things  I  command  you,  that  ye  may  love  one  an- 
other. If  the  world  hate  you,  ye  know  that  it  hath 
hated  me  before  it  hated  you.  If  ye  were  of  the  world, 
the  world  would  love  its  own :  but  because  ye  are  not 
of  the  world,  but  I  chose  you  out  of  the  world,  therefore 
the  world  hateth  you.  Remember  the  word  that  I  said 
unto  you,  A  servant  is  not  greater  than  his  lord.  If 
they  persecuted  me,  they  will  also  persecute  you ;  if  they 
kept  my  word,  they  will  keep  yours  also.  But  all  these 
things  will  they  do  unto  you  for  my  name's  sake,'  because 
they  know  not  him  that  sent  me.  If  I  had  not  come  and 
spoken  unto  them,  they  had  not  had  sin :  but  now  they 
have  no  excuse  for  their  sin.  He  that  hateth  me  hateth 
my  Father  also.  If  I  had  not  done  among  them  the 
works  which  none  other  did,  they  had  not  had  sin :  but 
now  have  they  both  seen  and  hated  me  and  my  Father. 
But  this  Cometh  to  pass,  that  the  word  may  be  fulfilled 
that  is  written  in  their  law,  'They  hated  me  without  a 
cause.'  But  when  the  Comforter  is  come,  whom  I  will 
send  unto  you  from  the  Father,  even  the  Spirit  of  truth, 
which  proceedeth  from  the  Father,  he  shall  bear  witness 
of  me:  and  ye  also  bear  witness,  because  ye  have  been 
with  me  from  the  beginning. 

"These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  that  ye  should 
not  be  caused  to  stumble.  They  shall  put  you  out  of  the 
synagogues :  yea.  the  hour  cometh,  that  whosoever  killeth 
you  shall  think  that  he  offereth  service  unto  God.  And 
these  things  will  they  do,  because  they  have  not  known 
the  Father,  nor  me.  But  these  things  have  I  spoken  unto 
you.  that  when  their  hour  is  come,  ye  may  remember 
them,  how  that  I  told  you.     And  these  things  I  said  not 


36  THURSDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    FELLOWSHIP 

unto  3^ou  from  the  beginning,  because  I  was  with  you. 
But  now  I  go  unto  him  that  sent  me;  and  none  of  you 
asketh  me,  'Whither  goest  thou?'  But  because  I  have 
spoken  these  thmgs  unto  you,  sorrow  hath  filled  your 
heart.  Nevertheless  I  tell  you  the  truth :  It  is  expedient 
for  you  that  I  go  away;  for  if  I  go  not  away,  the  Com- 
forter will  not  come  unto  you;  but  if  I  go,  I  will  send 
him  unto  you.  And  he,  when  he  is  come,  will  convict  the 
world  in  respect  of  sin,  and  of  righteousness,  and  of  judg- 
ment: of  sin,  because  they  believe  not  on  me;  of  right- 
eousness, because  I  go  to  the  Father,  and  ye  behold  me 
no  more;  of  judgment,  because  the  prince  of  this  world 
hath  been  judged.  I  have  yet  many  things  to  say  unto 
you,  but  ye  cannot  bear  them  now.  Howbeit  when  he, 
the  Spirit  of  truth,  is  come,  he  shall  guide  you  into  all 
the  truth :  for  he  shall  not  speak  from  himself ;  but 
what  things  soever  he  shall  hear,  these  shall  he  speak: 
and  he  shall  declare  unto  you  the  things  that  are  to  come. 
He  shall  glorify  me :  for  he  shall  take  of  mine,  and  shall 
declare  it  unto  you.  All  things  whatsoever  the  Father 
hath  are  mine:  therefore  said  I,  that  he  taketh  of  mine, 
and  shall  declare  it  unto  you.  A  little  while,  and  ye  be- 
hold me  no  more;  and  again  a  little  while,  and  ye  shall 
see  me." 

Some  of  his  disciples  therefore  said  one  to  another, 
"What  is  this  that  he  saith  unto  us,  'A  little  while,  and 
ye  behold  me  not;  and  again  a  little  while,  and  ye  shall 
see  me' :    and  'Because  I  go  to  the  Father'  ?" 

They  said  therefore,  "What  is  this  that  he  saith,  *A 
little   while'  ?     We  know   not  what  he   saith." 

Jesus  perceived  that  they  were  desirous  to  ask  him,  and 
he  said  unto  them,  "Do  ye  inquire  among  yourselves  con- 
cerning this,  that  I  said,  'A  little  while,  and  ye  behold 
me  not,  and  again  a  little  while,  and  ye  shall  see  me'? 
Verily,    verily,    I    say   unto   you,   that   ye    shall   weep  and 


THE    FAREWELL   CONVERSATION  37 

lament,  but  the  world  shall  rejoice:  ye  shall  be  sorrow- 
ful, but  your  sorrow  shall  be  turned  into  joy.  A  woman 
when  she  is  in  travail  hath  sorrow,  because  her  hour  is 
come :  but  when  she  is  delivered  of  the  child  she  remem- 
bereth  no  more  the  anguish,  for  the  joy  that  a  man  is 
born  into  the  world.  And  ye  therefore  now  have  sorrow : 
but  I  will  see  you  again,  and  your  heart  shall  rejoice, 
and  your  joy  no  one  taketh  away  from  you.  And  in  that 
day  ye  shall  ask  me  no  question.  Verily,  verily,  I  say 
unto  you.  If  ye  shall  ask  anything  of  the  Father,  he  will 
give  it  you  in  my  name.  Hitherto  have  ye  asked  nothing 
in  my  name:  ask,  and  ye  shall  receive,  that  your  joy 
may  be  made  full. 

''These  things  have  I  spoken  unto  you  in  dark  say- 
ings :  the  hour  cometh,  when  I  shall  no  more  speak  unto 
you  in  dark  sayings,  but  shall  tell  you  plainly  of  the 
Father.  In  that  day  ye  shall  ask  in  my  name :  and  I  say 
not  unto  you,  that  I  will  pray  the  Father  for  you ;  for 
the  Father  himself  loveth  you,  because  ye  have  loved  me, 
and  have  believed  that  I  came  forth  from  the  Father.  I 
came  out  from  the  Father,  and  am  come  into  the  world ; 
again,   I  leave  the  world,  and  go  unto  the  Father." 

His  disciples  say,  "Lo,  now  speakest  thou  plainly,  and 
speakest  no  dark  saying.  Now  know  we  that  thou  know- 
est  all  things,  and  needest  not  that  any  man  should  ask 
thee :  by  this  we  believe  that  thou  camest  forth  from 
God." 

Jesus  answered  them,  "Do  ye  now  believe?  Behold, 
the  hour  cometh,  yea,  is  come,  that  ye  shall  be  scattered, 
every  man  to  his  own,  and  shall  leave  me  alone :  and  yet 
I  am  not  alone,  because  the  Father  is  with  me.  These 
things  have  I  spoken  unto  you,  that  in  me  ye  may  have 
peace.  In  the  world  ye  have  tribulation :  but  be  of  good 
cheer :    I  have  overcome  the  world." 


38  thursday,  the  day  of  feilowship 

The  Intercessory  Prayer. 

These  things  spake  Jesus;  and  lifting  up  his  eyes  to 
heaven,  he  said,  "Father,  the  hour  is  come;  glorify  thy 
Son,  that  the  Son  may  glorify  thee:  even  as  thou  gavest 
him  authority  over  all  flesh,  that  to  all  whom  thou  hast 
given  him,  he  should  give  eternal  life.  And  this  is  life 
eternal,  that  they  should  know  thee  the  only  true  God, 
and  him  whom  thou  didst  send,  even  Jesus  Christ.  1 
glorified  thee  on  the  earth,  having  accomplished  the  work 
which  thou  hast  given  me  to  do.  And  now.  Father, 
glorify  thou  me  with  thine  own  self  with  the  glory  which 
I  had  with  thee  before  the  world  was.  I  manifested  thy 
name  unto  the  men  whom  thou  gavest  me  out  of  the 
world :  thine  they  were,  and  thou  gavest  them  to  me ; 
and  they  have  kept  thy  word.  Now  they  know  that  all 
things  whatsoever  thou  hast  given  me  are  from  thee : 
for  the  words  which  thou  gavest  me  I  have  given  unto 
them ;  and  they  received  them,  and  knew  of  a  truth  that 
I  came  forth  from  thee,  and  they  believed  that  thou  didst 
send  me.  I  pray  for  them :  I  pray  not  for  the  world,  but 
for  those  whom  thou  hast  given  me ;  for  they  are  thine : 
and  all  things  that  are  mine  are  thine,  and  thine  are 
mine :  and  I  am  glorified  in  them.  And  I  am  no  more 
in  the  world,  and  these  are  in  the  world,  and  I  come  to 
thee.  Holy  Father,  keep  them  in  thy  name  which  thou 
hast  given  me,  that  they  may  be  one,  even  as  we  are- 
While  I  was  with  them,  I  kept  them  in  thy  name  which 
thou  hast  given  me;  and  I  guarded  them,  and  not  one 
of  them  perished,  but  the  son  of  perdition;  that  the 
scripture  might  be  fulfilled.  But  now  I  come  to  thee; 
and  these  things  I  speak  in  the  world,  that  they  may  have 
my  joy  made  full  in  themselves.  I  have  given  them  thy 
word,  and  the  world  hated  them,  because  they  are  not  of 
the  world,  even  as   I  am  not  of  the  world.     I   pray  not 


THE    INTERCESSORY    PRAYER  39 

that  thou  shouldest  take  them  from  the  world,  but  that 
thou  shouldest  keep  them  from  the  evil  one.  They  are 
not  of  the  world,  even  as  I  am  not  of  the  world.  Sanc- 
tify them  in  the  truth :  thy  word  is  truth.  As  thou  didst 
send  me  into  the  world,  even  so  sent  I  them  into  the 
world.  And  for  their  sakes  I  sanctify  myself,  that  they 
themselves  also  may  be  sanctified  in  truth.  Neither  for 
these  only  do  I- pray,  but  for  them  also  that  believe  on, 
me  through  their  word;  that  they  may  all  be  one;  even 
as  thou,  Father,  art  in  me,  and  I  in  thee,  that  they  also 
may  be  in  us :  that  the  world  may  believe  that  thou  didst 
send  me.  And  the  glory  which  thou  hast  given  me  I  have 
given  unto  them ;  that  they  may  be  one,  even  as  we  are 
one ;  I  in  them,  and  thou  in  me,  that  they  may  be  per- 
fected into,  one;  that  the  world  may  know  that  thou 
didst  send  me,  and  lovedst  them,  even  as  thou  lovedst  me. 
Father,  I  desire  that  they  also  whom  thou  hast  given  me 
be  with  me  where  I  am,  that  they  may  behold  my  glory, 
which  thou  hast  given  me:  for  thou  lovedst  me  before 
the  foundation  of  the  world.  O  righteous  Father,  the 
world  knew  thee  not,  but  I  knew  thee;  and  these  knew 
that  thou  didst  send  me;  and  I  made  known  unto  them 
thy  name,  and  will  make  it  known;  that  the  love  where- 
with thou  lovedst  me  may  be  in  them,  and  I  in  them." 

And  when  they  had  sung  a  hymn,  they  went  out  into 
the  mount  of  Olives. 


FRIDAY— THE  DAY  OF  SUFFERING. 

The  Agony  in  Gethsemane. 

And  they  come  unto  a  place  which  was  named  Geth- 
semane: and  he  saith  unto  his  disciples,  "Sit  ye  here, 
while  I  pray." 

And  he  taketh  with  him  Peter  and  James  and  John, 
nd  began  to  be  greatly  amazed,  and  sore  troubled.  And 
e  saith  unto  them,  "My  soul  is  exceeding  sorrowful, 
yen  unto  death:  abide  ye  here,  and  watch." 
And  he  went  forward  a  little,  and  fell  on  the  ground, 
nd  prayed  that,  if  it  were  possible,  the  hour  might  pass 
away  from  him. 

And  he  said,  "Abba,  Father,  all  things  are  possible  unto 
thee;  remove  this  cup  from  me:  howbeit  not  what  I 
will,   but  what  thou   wilt." 

And  there  appeared  unto  him  an  angel  from  heaven, 
strengthening  him. 

And  being  in  an  agony,  he  prayed  more  earnestly;  and 
his  sweat  became  as  it  were  great  drops  of  blood  falling 
down  upon  the  ground. 

And  when  he  rose  up  from  his  prayer,  he  came  unto 
the  disciples,  and  found  them  sleeping  for  sorrow,  and 
said  unto  Peter,  "Simon,  sleepest  thou?  Couldest  thou 
Tiot  watch  one  hour?  Watch  and  pray,  that  ye  enter  not 
into  temptation:  the  spirit  indeed  is  willing,  but  the  flesh 
is  weak." 

Again  a  second  time  he  went  away,  and  prayed,  saying. 
"My  Father,  if  this  cannot  pass  away,  except  I  drink  it. 
thy  will  be  done." 

And  he  came  again  and  found  them  sleeping,  for  their 
eyes    were    heavy.      And    he    left    them    again,    and    went 
away,  and  prayed  a  third  time,  saying  the  same  words. 
Then  cometh  he  to  the  disciples,  and  saith   unto  Ihem, 
40 


THE    BETRAYAL    AND    ARREST  41 

"Sleep  on  now,  and  take  your   rest:    behold,  the  hour  is 
at  hand,  and  the  Son  of  man  is  betrayed  into  the  hands 
of  sinners. 
•      "Arise,  let  us  be  going:    behold,  he  is  at  hand  that  be- 
trayeth  me." 

The  Betrayal  and  Arrest. 

And  straightway,  while  he  yet  spake,  cometh  Judas, 
one  of  the  twelve,  and  with  him  a  multitude  with  swords 
and  staves,  from  the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes  and 
the  elders. 

Now  he  that  betrayed  him  had  given  them  a  token, 
saying,  "Whomsoever  I  shall  kiss,  that  is  he;  take  him, 
and  lead  him  away  safely."  And  when  he  was  come, 
straightway  he  came  to  him,  and  saith,  "Rabbi,"  and 
kissed  him. 

But  Jesus  said  unto  him,  "Judas,  betrayest  thou  the 
Son  of  man  with  a  kiss?" 

Jesus,  therefore,  knowing  all  the  things  that  were 
coming  upon  him,  went  forth,  and  saith  unto  them, 
"Whom  seek  ye?" 

They  answered  him,  "Jesus  of  Nazareth." 

Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "I  am  he." 

And  Judas  also,  who  betrayed  him,  was  standing  with 
them.  When  therefore  he  said  unto  them,  "I  am  he," 
they    went   backward,    and   fell   to   the   ground. 

Again  therefore   he  asked  them,    "Whom   seek  ye?" 

And  they  said,  "Jesus  of  Nazareth." 

Jesus  answered,  "I  told  you  that  I  am  he;  if  there- 
fore ye  seek  me,  let  these  go  their  way"  :  that  the  word 
might  be  fulfilled  which  he  spake,  "Of  those  whom  thou 
hast  given  me  I  lost  not  one." 

And  when  they  that  were  about  him  saw  what  would 
follow,  they  said,  "Lord,  shall  we  smite  with  the  sword?" 

Simon    Peter    therefore    having    a    sword    drew    it,    and 


42  FRIDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    SUFFERING 

Struck  <-he  high  priest's  servant,  and  cut  off  his  right  ear. 
Now  the  servant's  name  was  Malchus. 

But  Jesus  answered  and  said,  "Suffer  ye  them  thus 
far."     And  he  touched  his  ear,  and  healed  him. 

Then  saith  Jesus  unto  Peter,  "Put  up  again  thy  sword 
into  its  place :  for  all  they  that  take  the  sword  shall  perish 
with  the  sword.  Or  thinkest  thou  that  I  cannot  beseech 
my  Father  and  he  shall  even  now  send  me  more  than 
twelve  legions  of  angels?  How  then  should  the  scriptures 
be  fulfilled,  that  thus  it  must  be?  The  cup  which  the 
Father  hath  given   me,   shall   I   not  drink  it?" 

And  Jesus  said  unto  the  chief  priests  and  captains  of 
the  temple,  and  elders,  that  were  come  against  him,  "Are 
ye  come  out  as  against  a  robber,  with  swords  and 
staves?  When  I  was  daily  with  you  in  the  temple,  ye 
stretched  not  forth  your  hands  against  me:  but  this  is 
your  hour,   and  the  power  of   darkness." 

Then  all   the  disciples   left  him,  and  fled. 

And  a  certain  young  man  followed  with  him,'  having  a 
linen  cloth  cast  about  him,  over  his  naked  body ;  and 
they  lay  hold  on  him ;  but  he  left  the  linen  cloth,  and  fled 
naked. 

The  Trial  Before  the  Jewish  Authorities. 

So  the  band  ani  the  chief  captain,  and  the  officers  of 
the  Jews,  seized  Jesus  and  bound  him,  and  led  him  to 
Annas  first;  for  he  was  father  in  law  to  Caiaphas,  who 
was  high  priest  that  year.  Now  Caiaphas  was  he  that 
gave  counsel  to  the  Jews,  that  it  was  expedient  that  one 
man  should  die  for  the  people. 

(  And  Simon  Peter  followed  Jesus,  and  so  did  another 
disciple.  Now  that  disciple  was  known  unto  the  high 
priest,  and  entered  in  with  Jesus  into  the  court  of  the 
high  priest ;  but  Peter  was  standing  at  the  door  without. 
So    the    other    disciple,    who    was    known    unto   the   high 


THE   TRIAL    BEFORE   THE    JEWISH    AUTHORITIES  45 

priest,  went  out  and  spake  unto  her  that  kept  the  door^ 
and  brought  in   Peter. 

The  maid  therefore  that  kept  the  door  saith  unto 
Peter,  "Art  thou  also  one  of  this  man's  disciples?" 

He  saith,   "I  am  not." 

Now  the  servants  and  the  officers  were  standing  there,, 
having  made  a  fire  of  coals;  for  it  was  cold;  and  they 
were  warming  themselves ;  and  Peter  also  was  with  them 
standing  and  warming  himself.* 

The  high  priest  therefore  asked  Jesus  of  his  disciples,, 
and  of  his  teaching.  Jesus  answered"  him,  "I  have  spoken 
openly  to  the  world ;  I  ever  taught  in  synagogues,  and 
in  the  temple,  where  all  the  Jews  come  together;  and  in 
secret  spake  I  nothing.  Why  askest  thou  me  ?  Ask  them 
that  have  heard  me,  what  I  spake  unto  them :  behold, 
these  know  the  things  which  I  said." 

And  when  he  had  said  this,  one  of  the  officers  standing: 
by  struck  Jesus  with  his  hand,  saying,  "Answerest  thou 
the   high  priest   so?" 

Jesus  answered  him,  "If  I  have  spoken  evil,  bear  wit- 
ness of  the  evil ;    but  if  well,  why  smitest  thou  me?" 

Annas  therefore  sent  him  bound  unto  Caiaphas  the 
high  priest. 

Now  the  chief  priests  and  the  whole  council  sought, 
witness  against  Jesus  to  put  him  to  death ;  and  found 
it  not.  For  many  bare  false  witness  against  him,  and 
their  witness  agreed  not  together.  And  there  stood  up 
certain,  and  bare  false  witness  against  him,  saying,  "We 
heard  him  say,  I  will  destroy  this  temple  that  is  made 
with  hands,  and  in  three  days  I  will  build  another  made 
without  hands."  And  not  even  so  did  their  witness  agree 
together. 

And  the  high  priest  stood  up  in  the  midst,  and  asked 
Jesus,  saying,  "Answerest  thou  nothing?  What  is  it  which 
these  witness  against  thee?" 


44  FRIDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    SUFFERING 

But  he  held  his  peace,  and  answered  nothing. 

And  the  high  priest  said  unto  him,  ''I  adjure  thee  by 
the  living  God,  that  thou  tell  us  whether  thou  art  the 
Christ,  the  Son  of  God." 

And  Jesus  said,  "I  am :  and  ye  shall  see  the  Son  of 
man  sitting  at  the  right  hand  of  Power,  and  coming  with 
the   clouds  of   heaven." 

And  the  high  priest  rent  his  clothes,  and  saith,  "What 
further  need  have  we  of  witnesses?  Ye  have  heard  the 
blasphemy :    what  think  ye  ?" 

And  they  all  condemned  him  to  be  worthy  of  death. 

Then  did  they  spit  in  his  face  and  buffet  him.  And 
they  blindfolded  him  and  smote  him  with  the  palms  of 
their  hands,  saying,  "Prophesy  unto  us,  thou  Christ:  who 
is  he  that  struck  thee?" 

The  Denial  of  Peter. 

And  as  Peter  was  beneath  in  the  court,  there  cometh 
one  of  the  maids  of  the  high  priest;  and  seeing  Peter 
warming  himself,  she  looked  upon  him,  and  saith,  "Thou 
also  wast  with  the  Nazarene,  even  Jesus." 

But  he  denied,  saying,  "I  neither  know  nor  understand 
what  thou  sayest,"  and  he  went  out  into  the  porch;  and 
the  cock  crew. 

And  after  a  little  while  they  that  stood  by  came  and 
said  to  Peter,  "Of  a  truth  thou  also  art  one  of  them;  for 
thy  speech  maketh  thee  known." 

Then  began  he  to  curse  and  to  swear,  "I  know  not  the 
man,"     And  straightway  the  cock  crew. 

And  the  Lord  turned,  and  looked  upon  Peter.  And 
Peter  remembered  the  word  of  the  Lord,  how  that  he 
said  unto  him.,  "Before  the  cock  crow  twice  thou  shalt 
deny  me   thrice." 

And  he  went  out,   and  wept  bitterly. 

And     straightway     in     the     morning    the   chief    priests 


THE    REMORSE    OF    JUDAS  45 

with  the  elders  and  scribes,  and  the  whole  council,  held 
a  consultation,  and  bound  Jesus,  and  carried  him  away, 
and  deli/ered  him   up  to   Pilate,  the  governor. 

The  Remorse  of  Judas. 

Then  Judas,  who  betrayed  him,  when  he  saw  that  he 
was  condemned,  repented  himself,  and  brought  back 
the  t;hirty  pieces  of  silver  to  the  chief  priests  and  eld- 
ers, saying,  *T  have  sinned  in  that  I  betrayed  innocent 
blood." 

But  they  said,  "What  is  that  to  us?    See  thou  to  it." 

And  he  cast  down  the  pieces  of  silver  into  the  sanctu- 
ary, and  departed;  and  he  went  away  and  hanged  him- 
self. 

And  the  chief  priests  took  the  pieces  of  silver,  and  said, 
"It  is  not  lawful  to  put  them  into  the  treasury,  since  it  is 
the  price  of  blood."  And  they  took  counsel,  and  bought 
with  them  the  potter's  field,  to  bury  strangers  in.  Where- 
fore that  field  was  called,  "The  field  of  blood,"  unto  this 
day. 

Then  w^as  fulfilled  that  which  was  spoken  through  Jere- 
miah the  prophet,  saying,  "And  they  took  the  thirty  pieces 
of  silver,  the  price  of  him  that  was  priced,  whom  certain 
of  the  children  of  Israel  did  price ;  and  they  gave  them 
for  the  potter's  field,   as   the  Lord   appointed   me." 

The  Trial  Before  Pilate. 

They  led  Jesus  therefore  from  Caiaphas  into  the  Prae- 
torium :  and  it  was  early ;  and  they  themselves  entered 
not  into  the  Prastorium,  that  they  might  not  be  defiled, 
but  might  eat  the  passover.  Pilate  therefore  went  out 
unto  them,  and  saith,  "What  accusation  bring  ye  against 
this   man?" 

They  answered  and   said  unto  him,  "If  this  man   were 


46  FRIDAY,    THE    DAY    OF    SUFFERING 

not  an  evil-doer,  we  should  not  have  delivered  him  up 
unto  thee." 

Pilate  therefore  said  unto  them,  "Take  him  yourselves, 
and  judge  him  according  to  your  law." 

The  Jews  said  unto  him,  *Tt  is  not  lawful  for  us  to  put 
iin}^  man  to  death" :  that  the  word  of  Jesus  might  be 
fulfilled,  which  he  spake,  signifying  by  what  manner  of 
death   he  should   die. 

And  they  began  to  accuse  him,  saying,  "We  found  this 
man  perverting  our  nation,  and  forbidding  to  give  tribute 
to  Caesar,  and  saying  that  he  himself  is  Christ  a  king." 

And  when  he  was  accused  by  the  chief  priests  and  eld- 
ers, he  answered  nothing.  Then  saith  Pilate  unto  him, 
■"Hearest  thou  not  how  many  things  they  witness  against 
thee?"  And  he  gave  him  no  answer,  not  even  to  one 
word :    insomuch  that  the  governor  marvelled  greatly. 

Pilate  therefore  entered  again  into  the  Prsetorium,  and 
called  Jesus,  and  said  unto  him,  "Art  thou  the  King  of 
the  Jews?" 

Jesus  answered,  "Sayest  thou  this  of  thyself,  or  did 
others  tell  it  thee  concerning  me?" 

Pilate  answered,  "Am  I  a  Jew?  Thine  own  nation  and 
the  chief  priests  delivered  thee  unto  me :  what  hast  thou 
done?" 

Jesus  answered,  "My  kingdom  is  not  of  this  world:  if 
tny  kingdom  were  of  this  world,  then  would  my  servants 
fight,  that  I  should  not  be  delivered  to  the  Jews ;  but 
now  is  my  kingdom  not  from  hence." 

Pilate  therefore  said  unto  him,  "Art  thou  a  king  then?" 

Jesus  answered,  "Thou  sayest  that  I  am  a  king.  To 
this  end  have  I  been  born,  and  to  this  end  am  I  come  into 
the  world,  that  I  Should  bear  witness  unto  the  truth. 
Every  one  that  is  of  the  truth  heareth  my  voice." 

Pilate  saith  unto  him,  "What  is  truth?" 

And  when  he  had  said  this,  he  went  out  again  unto  the 
Jews,  and  saith  unto  them,-  "I  find  no  crime  in  him." 


JESUS    BEFORE    HEROD  47 

But  they  were  the  more  urgent,  saying,  "He  stirreth  up 
the  people,  teaching  throughout  all  Judaea,  and  beginning 
from  Galilee,  even   unto  this  place." 

.  Rut  when  Pilate  heard  it,  he  asked  whether  the  man 
were  a  Galilsean.  And  when  he  knew  that  he  was  of 
Herod's  jurisdiction,  he  sent  him  unto  Herod,  who  him- 
self also   was  at  Jerusalem  in  these  days. 

Jesus   Before  Herod. 

Now  when  Herod  saw  Jesus,  he  was  exceeding  glad ; 
for  he  was  of  a  long  time  desirous  to  see  him,  because 
he  had  heard  concerning  him ;  and  he  hoped  to  see  some 
miracle  done  by  him.  And  he  questioned  him  in  many 
words ;  but  he  answered  him  nothing.  And  the  chief 
priests  and  the  scribes  stood,  vehemently  accusing  him. 
And  Herod  with  his  soldiers  set  him  at  nought,  and 
mocked  him,  and  arraying  him  in  gorgeous  apparel  sent 
him  back  to  Pilate. 

And  Herod  and  Pilate  became  friends  with  each  other 
that  very  day:  for  before  they  were  at  enmity  between 
themselves. 

The  Trial  Before  Pilate  Resumed. 

And  Pilate  called  together  the  chief  priests  and  the 
rulers  and  the  people,  and  said  unto  them,  "Ye  brought 
unto  me  this  man,  as  one  that  perverteth  the  people:  and 
behold.  I,  having  examined  him  before  you,  found  no  fault 
in  this  man  touching  those  things  whereof  ye  accuse  him : 
no,  nor  yet  Herod:  for  he  sent  him  back  unto  us;  and 
behold,  nothing  worthy  of  death  hath  been  done  by  him. 
I  will  therefore  chastise  him,  and  release  him." 

Now  at  the  feast  the  governor  was  wont  to  release  unto 
the  multitude  one  prisoner,  whom  they  would.  And  they 
liad  then  a  notable  prisoner,  called  Barabbas,  lying  bound 
with  them  that  had  made  insurrection,  men  who  in  the 
insurrection  had   committed   murder.      Anu   the   multitude 


48  FRIDAY,  THE  DAY   OF   SUFFERING 

went  up  and  began  to  ask  him  to  do  as  he  was  wont  to  do 
unto   them. 

And  Pilate  answered  them,  saying,  "Will  ye  that  I  re- 
lease unto  you  the  King  of  the  Jews?"  For  he  perceived 
that  for  envy  the  chief  priests  had  delivered  him  up. 

Now  the  chief  priests  and  the  elders  persuaded  the 
multitudes  that  they  should  ask  for  Barabbas,  and  destroy 
Jesus. 

But  the  governor  answered  and  said  unto  them,  "Which 
of  the  two  will  ye  that  I  release  unto  you?" 

And  they  said,  "Barabbas." 

Pilate  saith  unto  them,  "What  then  shall  I  do  unto 
Jesus  who  is  called  Christ?" 

They  all  say,  "Let  him  be  crucified " 

And  he  said  unto  them  a  third  time,  "Why,  what  evil 
hath  this  man  done?  I  have  found  no  cause  of  death  in 
him :    I  will  therefore  chastise  and  release  him." 

Then  Pilate  therefore  took  Jesus,  and  scourged  him. 

And  the  soldiers  led  him  away  within  the  court,  which 
is  the  Praetorium ;    and  they  call  together  the  whole  band. 

And  they  stripped  him,  and  arrayed  him  in  a  purple 
garment.  And  they  platted  a  crown  of  thorns  and  put  it 
upon  his  head,  and  a  reed  in  his  right  hand;  and  they 
kneeled  down  before  him,  and  mocked  him,  saying:  "Hail, 
King  of  the  Jews !"  and  they  struck  him  with  their  hands. 
And  they'  spat  upon  him,  and  took  the  reed  and  smote 
him  upon  the  head. 

And  Pilate  went  out  again,  and  saith  unto  them,  "Be- 
hold, I  brinir^  him  out  to  you,  that  ye  may  know  that  I 
find  no  crime  in  him." 

Jesus  therefore  came  out,  wearing  the  crown  of  thorns 
and  the  purple  garment.  And  Pilate  saith  unto  them,  "Be- 
hold, the  man  !" 

When  therefore  the  chief  priests  and  the  officers  saw 
him,  they  cried  out,  saying,  "Crucify  him,  crucify  him!" 


THE  TRIAL   BEFORE   PILATE   RESUMED  49 

Pilate  saith  unto  them,  "Take  him  yourselves,  and  cru- 
cify him :    for  I  find  no  crime  in  him." 

The  Jews  answered  him,  "We  have  a  law,  and  by  that 
law  he  ought  to  die,  because  he  made  himself  the  Son 
of  God." 

When  Pilate  therefore  heard  this  saying,  he  was  the 
more  afraid;  and  he  entered  into  the  Prsetorium  again, 
and  saith  unto  Jesus,  "Whence  art  thou?" 

But  Jesus  gave  him  no  answer. 

Pilate  therefore  saith  unto  him,  "Speakest  thou  not 
unto  me?  Knowest  thou  not  that  I  have  power  to  release 
thee,  and  have  power  to  crucify  thee?" 

Jesus  answered  him,  "Thou  wouldest  have  no  power 
against  me,  except  it  were  given  thee  from  above :  there- 
fore he  that  delivered  me  unto  thee  hath  greater  sin." 

Upon  this  Pilate  sought  to  release  him :  but  the  Jews 
cried  out,  saying,  "If  thou  release  this  man,  thou  art  not 
Caesar's  friend :  every  one  that  maketh  himself  a  king 
speaketh   against  Csesar." 

When  Pilate  therefore  heard  these  words,  he  brought 
Jesus  out,  and  sat  down  on  the  judgment-seat  at  a  place 
called  The  Pavement,  but  in  Hebrew,  Gabbatha. 

And  while  he  was  sitting  on  the  judgment-seat,  his  wife 
sent  unto  him,  saying,  "Have  thou  nothing  to  do  with 
that  righteous  man ;  for  I  have  suffered  many  things 
this   day   in   a  dream  because  of  him." 

Now  it  was  the  Preparation  of  the  passover :  it  was 
about  the  sixth  hour.  And  he  saith  unto  the  Jews,  "Be- 
hold, your  King." 

They  therefore  cried  out,  "Away  with  him,  away  with 
him,  crucify  him  !" 

Pilate  saith  unto  them,  "Shall  I  crucify  your   King?" 

The  chief  priests  answered,  "We  have  no  king  but 
Caesar." 

So    when    Pilate    saw    that    he    prevailed    nothing,    but 


50  FRIDAY^   THE  DAY   OF   SUFFERING 

rather  that  a  tumult  was  arising,  he  took  water,  and 
washed  his  hands  before  the  multitude,  saying,  "I  am  in- 
nocent of  the  blood  of  this  righteous  man;    see  ye  to  it." 

And  all  the  people  answered  and  said,  "His  blood  be 
on  us,  and  on  our  children." 

And  they  were  urgent  with  loud  voices  asking  that  he 
might  be  crucified.     And  their  voices  prevailed. 

And  Pilate,  wishing  to  content  the  multitude,  gave  sen- 
tence that  what  they  asked  for  should  be  done.  And  he 
released  unto  them  Barabbas,  him  that  for  insurrection 
and  murder  had  been  cast  into  prison,  whom  they  asked 
for;    but  Jesus  he  delivered  up  to  their  will. 

And  when  they  had  mocked  him,  they  took  o&  from 
him  the  robe,  and  put  on  him  his  garments,  and  led  him 
away  to  crucify  him. 

The  Sorrowful  Way. 

They  took  Jesus  therefore :  and  he  went  out,  bearing 
the  cross  for  himself. 

And  as  they  came  out,  they  laid  hold  upon  one  Simon 
of  Cyrene,  the  father  of  Alexander  and  Rufus,  who  was 
passing  by,  coming  from  the  country;  him  they  com- 
pelled to  go  with  them,  and  laid  on  him  the  cross,  that 
he  might  bear  it  after  Jesus. 

And  there  followed  him  a  great  multitude  of  the  peo- 
ple, and  of  women  who  bewailed  and  lamented  him. 

But  Jesus  turning  unto  them  said,  "Daughters  of  Jeru- 
salem, weep  not  for  me,  but  weep  for  yourselves,  and  for 
j^our  children.  For  behold,  the  days  are  coming,  in  which 
they  shall  say,  'Blessed  are  the  barren,  and  the  wombs  that 
never  bare,  and  the  breasts  that  never  gave  suck.'  Then 
shall  they  begin  to  say  to  the  mountains,  'Fall  on  us' ; 
and  to  the  hills,  'Cover  us.'  For  if  they  do  these  things 
in  the  green  tree,  what  shall  be  done  in  the  dry?" 


THE    CRUCIFIXION  51 

And  there  were  also  two  others,  malefactors,  led  with 
him  to  be  put  to  death. 

The  Crucifixion. 

And  when  they  were  come  unto  a  place  called  Golgotha, 
that  is  to  say,  The  place  of  a  skull,  they  gave  him  wine  to 
drink  mingled  with  gall:  and  when  he  had  tasted  it,  he 
would  not  drink. 

There  they  crucified  him,  and  the  malefactors,  one  on 
the  right  hand  and  the  other  on  the  left. 

And  Jesus  said,  "Father,  forgive  them;  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do." 

And  Pilate  wrote  a  title  also,  and  put  it  on  the  cross. 
And  there  was  written : 


Jesus  of  Nazareth,  the  King  of  the  Jews. 


This  title  therefore  read  many  of  the  Jews,  for  the  place 
where  Jesus  was  crucified  was  nigh  to  the  city;  and  it 
was  written  in  Hebrew,  and  in  Latin,  and  in  Greek. 

The  chief  priests  of  the  Jews  therefore  said  to  Pilate, 
"Write  not,  'The  King  of  the  Jews,'  but  that  he  said,  'I 
am  King  of  the  Jews.'  " 

Pilate  answered,  "What  I  have  written  I  have  writ- 
ten." 

The  soldiers  therefore,  when  they  had  crucified  Jesus, 
took  his  garments  and  made  four  parts,  to  e\*ery  soldier 
a  part ;  and  also  the  coat :  now  the  coat  was  without 
seam,  woven  from  the  top  throughout.  They  said  there- 
fore one  to  another,  "Let  us  not  rend  it,  but  cast  lots  for 
it,  whose  it  shall  be" :  that  the  scripture  might  be  ful- 
filled,  which   saith, 

"They  parted  my  garments  among  them, 
And  upon  my  vesture  did  they  cast  lots." 

These  things  therefore  the  soldiers  did ;  and  they  sat 
and  watched  him  there. 


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And  the  people  stood  beholding. 

And  they  that  passed  by  railed  on  him,  wagging  their 
heads,  and  saying,  "Thou  that  destroyest  the  temple,  and 
buildest  it  in  three  days,  save  thyself:  if  thou  art  the  Son 
of  God,  come  down  from  the  cross." 

In  like  manner  also,  the  chief  priests  mocking  him,  with 
the  scribes  and  elders,  said,  "He  saved  others ;  himself  he 
cannot  save.  Let  the  Christ,  the  King  of  Israel,  now  come 
down  from  the  cross,  that  we  may  see  and  believe.  He 
trusteth  on  God;  let  him  deliver  him  now,  if  he  desireth 
him :    for  he  said,  I  am  the  Son  of  God." 

And  one  of  the  malefactors  that  were  hanged  railed  on 
him,  saying,  "Art  not  thou  the  Christ?  Save  thyself 
and  us." 

But  the  other  answered,  and  rebuking  him  said,  "Dost 
thou  not  even  fear  God,  seeing  thou  art  in  the  same  con- 
demnation? And  we  indeed  justly;  for  we  receive  the 
due  reward  of  our  deeds:  but  this  man  hath  done  noth- 
ing amiss."  And  he  said,  "Jesus,  remember  me  when 
thou  comest  in  thy  kingdom." 

And  he  said  unto  him,  "Verily  I  say  unto  thee.  To-day 
shalt  thou  be  with  me  in  Paradise." 

But    there    were    standing    by   the    cross    of    Jesus    his 
mother,  and  his  mother^  sister,  Mary  the  wife  of  Cleopas, 
and    Mary    Magdalene.      When    Jesus    therefore    saw    his 
mother,  ^nd  the  disciple  standing  by  whom  he  loved,  he 
^    saith  unto  his  mother,  "Woman,  behold  thy  son !" 
^  ,.    Then  saith  he  to  the  disciple,  "Behold  thy  mother!" 
And  from  that  hour  the  disciple  took  her  unto  his  own 
home. 

And  when  the  sixth  hour  was  come,  there  was  darkness 

oyer  the  whole  land  until   the  ninth  hour.      And  at  the 

.  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  "Eloi,  Eloi,  lama 

Af"  sabachthani  ?"  which   is,  being  interpreted,   "My  God,  my 

God,  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me?" 


THE    CRUCIFIXION       "  53 

And  some  of  them  that  stood  by,  when  they  heard  it, 
said,  "Behold,  he  caileth  Ehjah." 

After  this,  Jesus,  knowing  that  all  things  are  now  finished, 
that  the  scripture  might  be  accomplished,  saith,  "I  thirst."  S  » 

There  was  set  there  a  vessel  full  of  vinegar :  so  they 
put  a  sponge  full  of  the  vinegar  upon  hyssop,  and  brought 
it  to  his  mouth.  When  Jesus  therefore  had  received  the 
vinegar,  he  said,  "It  is  finished." 

And  Jesus,  crying  with  a  loud  voice,  said,  "Father,  into    ^  ■ 
thy  hands   I   commend  my  spirit,"   and  having   said  this,    ^ 
he  gave  up  the  ghost. 

And  behold,  the  veil  of  the  temple  was  rent  in  two 
from  the  top  to  the  bottom;  and  the  earth  did  quake; 
and  the  rocks  were  rent;  and  the  tombs  were  opened; 
and  many  bodies  of  the  saints  that  had  fallen  asleep  were 
raised ;  and  coming  forth  out  of  the  tombs  after  his  res- 
urrection they  entered  into  the  holy  city  and  appeared 
unto  many. 

Now  the  centurion,  and  they  that  were  with  him  watch- 
ing Jesus,  when  they  saw  the  earthquake,  and  the  things 
that  were  done,  feared  exceedingly,  saying,  "Truly  this 
was  the  Son  of  God." 

And  all  the  multitudes  that  came  together  to  this  sight, 
when  they  beheld  the  things  that  were  done,  returned 
smiting  their  breasts.  And  many  women  were  there  be- 
holding from  afar,  who  had  followed  Jesus  from  Galilee, 
ministering  unto  him;  among  whom  was  Mary  Magda- 
lene, and  Mary  the  mother  of  James  and  Joses,  and  the 
mother  of  the  sons  of  Zebedee. 

The  Jews  therefore,  because  it  was  the  Preparation,  that 
the  bodies  should  not  remain  on  the  cross  upon  the  sab- 
bath (for  the  day  of  that  sabbath  was  a  high  day),  asked 
of  Pilate  that  their  legs  might  be  broken,  and  that  they 
might  be  taken  away. 

The  soldiers  therefore  came,  and  brake  the  legs  of  the 


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first,  and  of  the  other  that  was  crucified  with  him:  but 
when  they  came  to  Jesus,  and  saw  that  he  was  dead  al- 
ready, they  brake  not  his  legs ;  howbeit  one  of  the  sol- 
diers with  a  spear  pierced  his  side,  and  straightway  there 
came  out  blood  and  water.  And  he  that  hath  seen  hath 
borne  witness,  and  his  witness  is  true :  and  he  knoweth 
that  he  saith  true,  that  ye  also  may  believe.  For  these 
things  came  to  pass,  that  the  scripture  might  be  fulfilled, 
"A  bone  of  him  shall  not  be  broken."  And  again  another 
scripture  saith,  "They  shall  look  on  him  whom  they  pierced." 

The  Burial. 

And  after  these  things,  when  even  was  come,  there  came 
a  rich  man  from  Arimathaea,  named  Joseph,  a  coun- 
cillor of  honorable  estate,  a  disciple  of  Jesus,  but  secretly 
for  fear  of  the  Jews;  and  he  boldly  went  in  unto  Pilate 
and  asked  for  the  body  of  Jesus.  And  Pilate  marvelled 
if  he  were  already  dead :  and  calling  unto  him  the  cen- 
turion, he  asked  him  whether  he  had  been  any  while  dead. 
And  when  he  learned  it  of  the  centurion,  he  granted  the 
corpse  to  Joseph. 

He  came  therefore,  and  took  away  his  body.  And  there 
came  also  Nicodemus,  he  who  at  the  first  came  to  him  by 
night,  bringing  a  mixture  of  myrrh  and  aloes,  about  a 
hundred  pounds.  So  they  took  the  body  of  Jesus,  and 
bound  it  in  linen  cloths  with  the  spices,  as  the  custom  of 
the  Jews  is  to  bury. 

Now  in  the  place  where  he  was  crucified  there  was  a 
garden :  and  in  the  garden  a  new  tomb  wherein  was  never 
man  yet  laid.  There  then  because  of  the  Jews'  Prepara- 
tion (for  the  tomb  was  nigh  at  hand),  they  laid  Jesus: 
and  rolled  a  stone  against  the  door  of  the  tomb. 

And  Mary  Magdalene  and  Mary  the  mother  of  Jesus 
beheld  the  tomb,  and  how  his  body  was  laid.  And  they 
returned,   and  prepared  spices  and  ointments. 


SATURDAY— THE  DAY   OF  SILENCE  AND 
SORROW. 

The  Watch  at  the  Tomb. 

Now  on  the  morrow,  which  is  the  day  after  the  Prep- 
aration, the  chief  priests  and  the  Pharisees  were  gathered 
together  unto  Pilate,  saying,  "Sir,  we  remember  that  that 
deceiver  said  while  he  was  yet  alive,  'After  three  days  I 
rise  again.'  Command  therefore  that  the  sepulchre  be 
made  sure  until  the  third  day,  lest  haply  his  disciples  come 
and  steal  him  away,  and  say  unto  the  people,  'He  is  risen 
from  the  dead,'  and  the  last  error  will  be  worse  than  the 
first." 

Pilate  said  unto  them,  "Ye  have  a  guard :  go,  make  it 
as  sure  as  ye  can." 

So  they  went,  and  made  the  sepulchre  sure,  sealing  the 
stone,  the  guard  being  with  them. 


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SUNDAY-THE  DAY  OF  RESURRECTION. 

The  Earthquake. 

And  behold,  there  was  a  great  earthquake;  for  an  angel 
of  the  Lord  descended  from  heaven,  and  came  and  rolled 
away  the  stone,  and  sat  upon  it.  His  appearance  was  as 
lightnmg,  and  his  raiment  white  as  snow:  and  for  fear  of 
him  the  watchers  did  quake,  and  became  as  dead  men. 

The  Empty  Tomb. 

Now  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  cometh  Mary  Magda- 
lene early,  while  it  was  yet  dark,  unto  the  tomb,  and  seeth 
the  stone  taken  away  from  the  tomb.  She  runneth  there- 
fore, and  cometh  to  Simon  Peter,  and  to  the  other  disciple 
whom  Jesus  loved,  and  saith  unto  them,  'They  have  taken 
away  the  Lord  out  of  the  tomb,  and  we  know  not  where 
they  have  laid  him." 

Peter  therefore  went  forth,  and  the  other  disciple,  and 
they  went  toward  the  tomb.  And  they  ran  both  together: 
and  the  other  disciple  outran  Peter,  and  came  first  to  the 
tomb;  and  stooping  and  looking  in,  he  seeth  the  linen 
cloths  lying;    yet  entered  he  not  in. 

Simon  Peter  therefore  also  cometh,  following  him  and 
entered  into  the  tomb:  and  he  beholdeth  the  linen  cloths 
lying,  and  the  napkin,  that  was  upon  his  head,  not  lying 
with  the  linen  cloths,  but  rolled  up  in  a  place  by  itself 
Then  entered  in  therefore  the  other  disciple  also,  who 
came  first  to  the  tomb,  and  he  saw,  and  believed.  For  as 
yet  they  knew  not  the  scripture,  that  he  must  rise  again 
from  the  dead.  So  the  disciples  went  away  again  unto 
their  own  home. 

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the  appearance  to  mary  57 

The  Appearance  to  Mary. 

But  Mary  was  standing  without  at  the  tomb  weeping: 
so,  as  she  wept,  she  stooped  and  looked  into  the  tomb ; 
and  she  beholdeth  two  angels  in  white  sitting,  one  at  the 
head,  and  one  at  the  feet,  where  the  body  of  Jesus  had 
lain.  And  they  say  unto  her,  "Woman,  why  weepest 
thou?" 

She  saith  unto  them,  "Because  they  have  taken  away 
my  Lord,  and  I  know  not  where  they  have  .aid  him." 

When  she  had  thus  said,  she  turned  herself  back,  and 
beholdeth  Jesus  standing,  and  knew  not  that  it  was  Jesus. 

Jesus  saith  unto  her,  "Woman,  why  weepest  thou? 
Whom  seekest  thou?" 

She,  supposing  him  to  be  the  gardener,  saith  unto  him, 
"Sir,  if  thou  hast  borne  him  hence,  tell  me  where  thou 
hast  laid  him,  and  I  will  take  him  away." 

Jesus  saith  unto  her,  "Mary." 

She  turneth  herself,  and  saith  unto  him  in  Hebrew, 
''Rabboni" ;    which  is  to  say,  "Teacher." 

Jesus  saith  to  her,  "Touch  me  not;  for  I  am  not  yet 
ascended  unto  the  Father ;  but  go  unto  my  brethren,  and 
say  to  them,  T  ascend  unto  my  Father,  and  your  Father, 
and  my  God  and  your  God.'  " 

Mary  Magdalene  cometh  and  telleth  the  disciples,  "I 
have  seen  the  Lord" ;  and  that  he  had  said  these  things 
unto  her. 

The  Appearance  to  the  Women. 

And  the  women  which  had  come  with  him  out  of  Gali- 
lee came  unto  the  tomb,  bringing  the  spices  which  they 
had  prepared.  And  they  were  saying  among  themselves, 
"Who  shall  roll  us  away  the  stone  from  the  door  of  the 
tomb?"  and  looking  up,  they  see  that  the  stone  is  rolled 
back:     for   it    was    exceeding   great.      And    entering    into 


58  SUNDAY,   THE  DAY  OF  RESURRECTION 

the  tomb,  they  saw  a  young  man  sitting  on  the  right  side, 
arrayed  in  a  white  robe ;  and  they  were  amazed.  And 
he  saith  unto  them,  "Be  not'  amazed :  ye  seek  Jesus,  the 
Nazarene,  who  hath  been  crucified ;  he  is  risen ;  he  is 
not  here :  behold,  the  place  where  they  laid  him !  But  go, 
tell  his  disciples  and  Peter,  'He  goeth  before  you  into 
Galilee :    there  shall  ye  see  him,  as  he  said  unto  you.'  " 

And  they  departed  quickly  from  the  tomb  with  fear  and 
great  joy,  and  ran  to  bring  his  disciples  word. 

And  behold,  Jesus  .met  them,  saying,  "All  hail."  And 
they  came  and  took  hold  of  his  feet,  and  worshipped  him. 

Then  saith  Jesus  unto  them,  "Fear  not:  go  tell  my 
brethren  that  they  depart  into  Galilee,  and  there  shall  they 
see  me." 

Report  of  the  Watch. 

Now  while  they  were  going,  behold,  some  of  the  guard 
came  into  the  city,  and  told  unto  the  chief  priests  all  the 
things  that  were  come  to  pass.  And  when  they  were 
assembled  with  the  elders,  and  had  taken  counsel,  they 
gave  much  money  unto  the  soldiers,  saying,  "Say  ye,  'His 
disciples  came  by  night,  and  stole  him  away  while  we 
slept.'  And  if  this  come  to  the  governor's  ears,  we  will 
persuade  him,  and  rid  you  of  care." 

So  they  took  the  money  and  did  as  they  were  taught : 
and  this  saying  was  spread  abroad  among  the  Jews,  and 
continueth  until  this   day. 

The  Appearance  at  Emmaus. 

And  behold,  two  of  them  were  going  that  very  day  to 
a  village  named  Emmaus,  which  was  three-score  furlongs 
from  Jerusalem.  And  they  communed  with  each  other  of 
all  these  things  which  had  happened. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they  communed  and  ques- 
tioned together,  that  Jesus   himself  drew  near,  and  went 


THE    APPEARANCE    AT    EMMAUS  59 

with  them.  But  their  eyes  were  holden  that  they  should 
not   know   him. 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "What  communications  are 
these  that  ye  have  one  with  another,  as  ye  walk?" 

And  they  stood  still,  looking  sad.  And  one  of  them, 
named  Cleopas,  answering,  said  unto  him,  *'Dost  thou  alone 
sojourn  in  Jerusalem  and  not  know  the  things  which  are 
come  to  pass  there  in  these  days?" 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "What  things?" 

And  they  said  unto  him,  "The  things  concerning  Jesus 
the  Nazarene,  who  was  a  prophet  mighty  in  deed  and 
word  before  God,  and  all  the  people :  and  how  the  chief 
priests  and  our  rulers  delivered  him  up  to  be  condemned 
to  death,  and  crucified  him.  But  we  hoped  that  it  was 
he  who  should  redeem  Israel.  Yea,  and  besides  all  this, 
it  is  now  the  third  day  since  these  things  came  to  pass. 
Moreover,  certain  women  of  our  company  amazed  us,  hav- 
ing been  early  at  the  tomb;  and  when  they  found  not 
his  body,  they  came,  saying,  that  they  had  also  seen  a 
vision  of  angels,  who  said  that  he  was  alive.  And  certain 
of  them  that  were  with  us  went  to  the  tomb,  and  found  it 
even  so  as  the  women  had  said :   but  him  they  saw  not." 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "O  foolish  men,  and  slow  of 
heart  to  believe  in  all  that  the  prophets  have  spoken !  Be- 
hooved it  not  the  Christ  to  suffer  these  things,  and  to 
enter  into  his   glory?" 

And  beginning  from  Moses  and  from  all  the  prophets, 
he  interpreted  to  them  in  all  the  scriptures  the  things 
concerning  himself. 

And  they  drew  nigh  unto  the  village,  whither  they  were 
going:  and  he  made  as  though  he  would  go  further.  And 
they  constn-iined  him,  saying,  "Abide  with  us;  for  it  is 
toward  evening,  and  the  day  is  now  far  spent." 

And  he  went  in  to  abide  with  them.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  when  he  had  sat  down  with  them  to  meat,  he  took 


60  SUNDAY,  THE  DAY  OF  RESURRECTION 

the  bread  and  blessed ;  and  breaking  it,  he  gave  to  them. 
And  their  eyes  were  opened,  and  they  knew  him;  and  he 
vanished  out  of  their  sight. 

And  they  said  one  to  another,  "Was  not  our  heart  burn- 
ing within  us,  while  he  spake  to  us  in  the  way,  while  he 
opened  to  us  the  scriptures?" 

And  they  rose  up  that  very  hour,  and  returned  to  Jeru- 
salem, and  found  the  eleven  gathered  together,  and  them 
that  were  with  them,  saying,  "The  Lord  is  risen  indeed, 
and  hath  appeared  to  Simon."  And  they  rehearsed  the 
things  that  happened  in  the  way,  and  how  he  was  known 
of  them  in  the  breaking  of  the  bread. 

The  Appearance  to  the  Disciples. 

When  therefore  it  was  evening,  on  that  day,  the  first 
day  of  the  week,  and  when  the  doors  were  shut  where  the 
disciples  were,  for  fear  of  the  Jews,  Jesus  came  and  stood 
in  the  midst  and  saith  unto  them,  "Peace  be  unto  you." 

But  they  were  terrified  and  affrighted,  and  supposed 
that  they  beheld  a  spirit.  And  he  said  unto  them,  "Why 
are  ye  troubled?  and  wherefore  do  questionings  arise  in 
your  heart?  See  my  hands  and  my  feet,  that  it  is  I  my- 
self: handle  me,  and  see:  for  a  spirit  hath  not  flesh  and 
bones,  as  ye  behold  me  having." 

And  when  he  had  said  this,  he  showed  them  his  hands 
and  his  feet. 

And  while  they  still  disbelieved  for  joy,  and  wondered, 
lie  said  unto  them,  "Have  ye  here  anything  to  eat?" 

And  they  gave  him  a  piece  of  a  broiled  fish.  And  he 
took  it,  and  ate  before  them. 

Jesus  therefore  said  to  them  again,  "Peace  be  imto  you : 
as  the  Father  hath  sent  mc,  even  so  send  I  you."  And 
when  he  had  said  this,  he  breathed  on  them,  and  saith 
imto  them,  "Receive  ye  the  Holy  Spirit :  whose  soever 
sins  ye  forgive,  they  are  forgiven  unto  them ;  whose 
soever  sins  ye  retain,  they  are  retained." 


AFTER   THE   RESURRECTION   DAY. 
The  Appearance  to  the  Disciples  and  to  Thomas. 

But  Thomas,  one  of  the  twelve,  called  Didymus,  was 
not  with  them  when  Jesus  came.  The  other  disciples 
therefore  said  unto  him,  "We  have  seen  the  Lord," 

But  he  said  unto  them,  "Except  I  shall  see  in  his  hands 
the  print  of  the  nails,  and  put  my  finger  into  the  print  of 
the  nails,  and  put  my  hand  into  his  side,  I  will  not  be- 
lieve." 

And  after  eight  days  again  his  disciples  were  within,  and 
Thomas  with  them.  Jesus  cometh,  the  doors  being  shut, 
and  stood  in  the  midst,  and  said,  "Peace  be  unto  you." 

Then  saith  he  to  Thomas,  ''Reach  hither  thy  finger,  and 
see  my  hands ;  and  reach  hither  thy  hand,  and  put  it  intd 
my  side :    and  be  not  faithless,  but  believing." 

Thomas  answered  and  said  unto  him,  "My  Lord  and  mv 
God." 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "Because  thou  hast  seen  me,  thou 
hast  believed:  blessed  are  they  that  have  not  seen,  and 
yet  have  believed." 

The  Appearance  to  the  Seven  by  the  Sea. 

After  these  things  Jesus  manifested  himself  again  to 
the  disciples  at  the  sea  of  Tiberias ;  and  he  manifested 
himself  on  this  wise.  There  were  together  Simon  Peter, 
and  Thomas  called  Didymus  and  Nathanael  of  Cana  in 
Galilee,  and  the  sons  of  Zebedee,  and  two  other  of  his 
disciples. 

Simon   Peter  saith  unto  them,  'T  go  a  fishing." 
They  say  unto  him,  "We  also  come  with  thee." 
They  went   forth,  and  entered  into  the  boat;    and  that 
night  they  took  nothing.     But  when  day  was  now  break- 
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62  AFTER    THE   RESURRECTION    DAY 

ing,  Jesus  stood  on  the  beach:  yet  the  disciples  knew  not 
that  it  was  Jesus. 

Jesus  therefore  saith  unto  them,  "Children,  have  ye 
aught  to  eat?" 

They  answered  him,  "No." 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "Cast  the  net  on  the  right  side 
of  the  boat,  and  ye  shall  find." 

They  cast  therefore,  and  now  they  were  not  able  to 
draw  it   for  the  multitude  of  fishes. 

That  disciple  therefore  whom  Jesus  loved  saith  unto 
Peter,  "It  is  the  Lord."  So  when  Simon  Peter  heard 
that  it  was  the  Lord,  he  girt  his  coat  about  him  (for  he 
was  naked),  and  cast  himself  into  the  sea. 

But  the  other  disciples  came  in  the  little  boat  (for  they 
were  not  far  from  the  land,  but  about  two  hundred  cubits 
off),  dragging  the  net  full  of  fishes. 

So  when  they  got  out  upon  the  land,  they  see  a  fire  of 
coals  there,  and  fish  laid  thereon,  and  bread.  Jesus  saith 
unto  them,  "Bring  of  the  fish  which  ye  have  now  taken." 

Simon  Peter  therefore  went  up,  and  drew  the  net  to 
land,  full  of  great  fishes,  a  hundred  and  fifty  and  three; 
and  for  all  there  were  so  many,  the  net  was  not  rent. 

Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "Come  and  break  your  fast." 

And  none  of  the  disciples  durst  inquire  of  him,  "Who 
art  thou?"  knowing  that  it  was  the  Lord. 

Jesus  cometh,  and  taketh  the  bread,  and  giveth  them, 
and  the  fish  likewise. 

This  is- now  the  third  time  that  Jesus  was  manifested 
to  the  disciples,  after  that  he  was  risen  from  the  dead. 

So  when  they  had  broken  their  fast,  Jesus  saith  to  Si- 
mon Peter,  "Simon,  son  of  John,  lovest  thou  me  more 
than  these?" 

He  saith  unto  him,  "Yea,  Lord;  thou  knowest  that  I 
love  thee." 

He  saith  unto  him,  "Feed  my  lambs." 


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He  saith  unto  him  again  a  second  time,  '"Simon,  son  of 
John,   lovest  thou  me?" 

He  saith  unto  him,  "Yea,  Lord,  thou  knowest  that  I 
love  thee." 

He  saith  unto  him,  "Tend  my  sheep." 

He  saith  unto  him  the  third  time,  "Simon,  son  of  John, 
lovest  thou  me?" 

Peter  was  grieved  because  he  said  unto  him  the  third 
time,  "Lovest  thou  me?"  And  he  said  unto  him,  "Lord, 
thou  knowest  all  things ;    thou  knowest  that  I  love  thee." 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  'Teed  my  sheep.  Verily,  verily,  I 
say  unto  thee.  When  thou  wast  young,  thou  girdedst 
thyself,  and  walkedst  whither  thou  wouldest;  but  when 
thou  shalt  be  old,  thou  shalt  stretch  forth  thy  hands,  and 
another  shall  gird  thee,  and  carry  thee  whither  thou 
wouldest  not." 

Now  this  he  spake,  signifying  by  what  manner  of  death 
he  should  glorify  God.  And  when  he  had  spoken  this,  he 
saith  unto  him,  "Follow  me." 

Peter,  turning  about,  seeth  the  disciple  whom  Jesus 
loved  following;  who  also  leaned  back  on  his  breast  at 
the  supper,  and  said,  "Lord,  who  is  he  that  betrayeth 
thee?"  Peter  therefore  seeing  him  saith  to  Jesus,  "Lord, 
and  what  shall  this  man  do?" 

Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "If  I  will  that  he  tarry  till  I  come, 
what  is  that  to  thee?     Follow  thou  me." 

This  saying  therefore  went  forth  among  the  brethren, 
that  that  disciple  should  not  die:  yet  Jesus  said  not  unto 
him,  that  he  should  not  die,  but,  "If  I  will  that  he  tarry 
till  I  come,  what  is  that  to  thee?" 

The  Appearance  to  the  Eleven  on  the  Mountain. 

The  eleven  disciples  went  into  Galilee,  unto  the  moun- 
tain where  Jesus  had  appointed  them.  And  when  they 
saw  him,  they  worshipped  him;   but  some  doubted."^  And 


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Jesus  came  to  them  and  spake  unto  them,  saying,  "All  au- 
thority hath  been  given  unto  me  in  heaven  and  on  earth. 
Go  ye  therefore,  and  make  disciples  of  all  the  nations, 
baptizing  them  in  the  name  of  the  Father  and  of  the  Son 
and  of  the  Holy  Spirit :  teaching  them  to  observe  all 
things  whatsoever  I  commanded  you :  and  lo,  I  am  with 
you  always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world." 

The  Last  Appearance  and  Ascension. 

And  he  said  unto  them,  "These  are  my  words  which 
I  spake  unto  you,  while  I  was  yet  with  you,  that  all  things 
must  needs  be  fulfilled,  which  are  written  in  the  law  of 
Moses,  and  the  prophets,  and  the  psalms,  concerning  me." 

Then  opened  he  their  mind,  that  they  might  understand 
the  scriptures ;  and  he  said  unto  them,  ''Thus  it  is  writ- 
ten, that  the  Christ  should  suffer,  and  rise  again  from  the 
dead  the  third  day;  and  that  repentance  and  remission  of 
sins  should  be  preached  in  his  name  unto  all  the  nations, 
beginning  from  Jerusalem.  Ye  are  witnesses  of  these 
things.  And  behold,  I  send  forth  the  promise  of  my 
Father  upon  you:  but  tarry  ye  in  the  city,  until  ye  be 
clothed  with  power  from  on  high." 

And  he  led  them  out  until  they  were  over  against 
Bethany:    and  he  lifted  up  his  hands,  and  blessed  them. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  while  he  blessed  them,  he  parted 
from  them,  and  was  carried  up  into  heaven.  And  they 
.  worshipped  him,  and  returned  to  Jerusalem  with  great 
joy:    and  were  continually  in  the  temple,  blessing  God. 

Many  other  signs  therefore  did  Jesus  in  the  pres- 
ence OF  the  disciples,  which  are  not  written  in  this 
BOOK :  but  these  are  written,  that  ye  may  believe  that 
Jesus  is  the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God;  and  that  be- 
lieving ye  may  have  life  in  his  name. 


PAMPHIET  BINDER 

Z^:i   Syrocuse,  N.   Y. 
■^^2.    Stockton,  Calif. 


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